I meant to tell you earlier how much your comment about strangers seeing value in me really uplifted me. I've been in places I never dreamed I'd be, but I've found good people everywhere. It's hard on the self-esteem when you've been devalued to such an extent. But I realized you were right. I met these people one time, and they were genuinely happy to see me again. Thank you for pointing that out. I really needed that today.
As brave as I'm trying to be, H has absolutely crushed me. I keep asking myself how horrible I was that he feels he can only be happy if he can get away from me. That hurts. I loved him with everything I had. I've got a lot of healing to do.