Thanks Snoopy,

I always divide my life by the life altering events. Some of those events are joyous and some...well, you know...

Change, I have decided, is inevitable--internal change; changes to who we are and how we think, are the most difficult to accept sometimes. Even the joyful change of moving from non-parent to parent, is a painful one. So when something huge and awful forces an internal change, such as finding out that you have an incurable disease, or learning that your child has an illness, or being physically or mentally attacked or having your life or the life of someone you love put in danger, I believe you have two options--fight the inevitable change with every resource you have, or accept that life and who you are will be different now.

If you choose option number two, then you have the option of waiting to see what comes out of it, or moving forward, arms wide to see and embrace what comes--and to try to move the change in a way that is positive.

Sorry, this is long winded. I know. I just see you moving forward to embrace and accept your new you. I admire that. There is this time frame of rediscovery that is inevitable and painful, but can lift you to a higher level--if you have courage enough to go with it.

But change is always painful. Isn't it?

Katty