This is true. Even if we pay for that catalyst in blood and life-energy. Ohh.

I am sorry to hear about your pain. I know the words are paltry . . . and, yet, they’re what we have. From one pain sufferer to another, I’m sorry that you’re going through this, too.

Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot to me; let me know that there’s some meaning in all of this.

And I agree with you in drawing a line. I’ve held myself back from being too overtly critical of my parents (the older I get, the more I understand, even if I can’t say I understand them.)

As for friends . . . if it’s something critical, or someone I don’t talk to, I either try to leave out a name or do an initial or something. But those are difficult for me to talk about, so I rarely do, lol.