Please also know - I wish I came to MLC earlier and I really appreciate everyone's help. I cannot tell you how beneficent it is. I did not think MLC was the forum to piss the bed on and I had to wait to get older, now I see it is ok to piss it here, but I am done with that.
We all get to where we need to be WHEN we need to be there.
If you had come to MLC earlier...you may not have been ready to hear anything that you have so far...
Also, MLC, while it can be an explanation, is not the explanation I would wish on anyone.
Those of us who have been here, walked the depths of hell, and come out the other side (however it looks) will tell you that it is a sad, long, sometimes scary road that we wouldn't wish on our worst enemy.
It is also a saving grace for many people.
You will learn to find the silver lining in things.
I am interested in that other separation story as well.
I hope that you are not in the path of a tropical storm this week at your beach in the south. If you are...stay safe.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox