Thank you everyone. It's a lot to digest and the messages all are pointing in the same direction.
I did take a big step forward last night and this morning.
I am now beginning to frame and think of "2 beings/persons" The first is the woman I love and would like to reconcile with. The second is the medicine this woman brought to me that have unearthed really deep things that I've needed to learn most of my adult life. I am beginning to shift my thinking and super imposing this "being" onto her when I think or see her - as a person that merely represents a catalyst for my growth. Nothing more, nothing less.