Shooting Star - your post really touched me. Thank you for valuing the needs of a fellow passenger on this journey enough to take the time from your own day to share this with me and others. It is quite profound, and I plan to spend some real time reflecting and digesting what you've said.
Sometimes I feel like speaking the simple term Thank You is woefully inadequate to express to the friends on this Forum how much they help others. This is one of those times.
Maybe the ultimate form of thanks is how we pay it forward to help others in similar straights.
I thank each and every one of you for caring enough about someone else's pain to offer your own insights, learnings and experiences to help myself and others. I look forward to expressing my thanks to all of you by paying it forward to others as I become better equipped to do so.
With deep gratitude,
Sally