Thandie... I was just pullin your leg and I can identify with your experiences fairly well just a bit from a different angle. You see, my children were stolen from me and given to their abusive father, so in addition to fighting to stay sane while trying to get them back, I also try to help as many people as I can... so that I can still feel like I am *mothering*.... and my mom wasn't exactly stellar.
Thanks for all of your help. I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
It's hard for me to not want to give up for many reasons. This recent *aging* thing really caught me off guard and if it weren't for your help, I would have suffered much longer unnecessarily.
Thank you for sharing and giving ma'am.