I'm sorry Kathy, sorry for a lot of reasons. I'm sorry that you've learned those people aren't really your friends...that always hurts when we learn that..I've been there and done that.

But you're wrong...you aren't alone! There's always us... We may look like a last resort at times but we are consistant! We care. Sometimes it's really really hard to put things in perspective...to decide what's really important in our lives. For me it's people like you who are passionate about issues, (mine's the gov't....don't get me started).

You have a wonderful husband who adores you...and a dog that does too (guess he still is carrying around those stones?) and so many of us that admire the heck out of what you have to live with on a daily basis.

You don't have to forgive people who only pretended to be your friends.
Family .....well that's a tough one...been there and still trying to do that.