TL,
It appears like things are really turning around for you. Piecing is really, really hard. It is a time for us to stand back and let things happen. We need to step into our S's head for a minute and try to see things from their perspective; it's pretty humbling. They are not bad people, they just needed to do something to shake things up (I personally could have thought of other things besides an A...) but in any case it has caused us LBS to look deep within ourselves, to fix what wasn't right and to stop taking things/people for granted. Make a point to think about all the good in your life, every day, do not focus or spend too much time on the negative things.

God Bless, Mama