Always grateful for the wonderful community of SR, and especially the Grat pack.
Grateful for my children, by each of them following their truly unique & out of the ordinary paths, are teaching me so many things I wouldn't have otherwise learned. They're both fiercely independent; I know I'll always be important to them, but I'm learning to stay in the background & not give my opinion or advice unless asked for.
Grateful at this point in my life I'm realizing what a classic co-dependent I've been from childhood. I've let people treat me badly all my life, & have recently in this last year taken great steps to change that. Although extremely painful at times, I've let go of so many relationships that weren't working for me & put in place boundaries with the people who are still in my life. I know now I deserve to be treated well.