I know that pain doesn't just go away, just like that. I was reading somewhere that emotional pain is felt as keenly by the body as physical pain - that is, emotional injury is felt by the body the same way (or at least, to the same extent) as physical injury. So in that sense, time does lessen the pain.
I think it has helped me enormously to understand the kind of person my H is, so that I was able to switch from wanting him back at almost any cost (and against all the evidence) to seeing that he can never really give me what I need, so what's the point?
I am not wasting any more time hoping for a better past...
Pam, enjoy the moment - every moment with your dogs at those shows and competitions and classes, and just keep doing what you love and you will meet other people to love and be close to.
I promise!
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates