Nik-key, thank you for sharing your journey here -- I've learned from you and gained new insights from what you've written here. My mother never forgave her mother, and I saw first-hand and experienced the tragic consequences of suicide within the family.

Alffe, I don't know how you gather these gems of wisdom and get them posted here, but they meet a great need. Thank you for caring so well for all of us and for given us many of the tools that we need to survive. I'm too old to be your daughter, but I wish that I'd had a mother like you