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The process of letting go- emotionally just seems extremely hard- impossible even.
It does not have to be done here. We adult children are just so resilient. We are born survivors. ...
So if you are sitting here- and reading this through- I would count you as a survivor. And maybe over time- being a person who will learn to thrive.
So there is a core group of us here- eight or ten of us. Some of us have been around together for a number of years.
Every so often we have a new member link up with us and stay... ...I expect- like anywhere we do have to be an insider to fully follow what goes down here.
Being a true insider might be a new experience for most of us- so it does take time to learn to trust- and to bond... ...yes... ...