Thank you so much for pulling these threads for us. So much good stuff and so much proof of all the hard work you've done.
Quote: " The struggle ended when I stopped struggling. That is, I stopped trying so hard not to be sad. I realized and accepted that I'd always be sad about it. And I began to look around me. Who isn't sad about something missed in life? Or about something terrible that has been endured? "
This hit close to home. I've accepted that this will always be for me....not to make a happy life myself in spite of....
So much of what you write speaks of how I'm feeling....thank you articulating so much of what I can't put in words.
I hope you and H enjoy yourselves and your weekdend (yeah, even with all that homework!).