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February Hiding behind dark shades So nobody sees that I’m crying Polite hellos and smiles Mask the fact that I’m dying My existence is irrelevant In death I would be free I’m alienated from the living And no longer am I me Who I was has died I despise the shell that remained All that was good is g...

Tommyboy, that made me cry hun. I would have cried if I read it back in December, but now, after all we've been through, it REALLY makes me cry. It's absolutely beautiful hun. You have such a way with words. I love you.

*HUGS* Sara. Please don't blame yourself for what your mother did. You are torturing yourself over something that wasn't your fault--over something that you can't change. You can't take the blame for that hun! You just can't! I know that in the midst of depression and grief, it's so very difficult t...

((((((((((sara)))))))))) Hun, no words can express how very sorry I am for everything that you have gone through. Please know that NOTHING that has happened to you or to your friends/family is your fault. NONE of it at all. I'm not sure why life has been so hard on you, but you have survived! Despit...

Hey. I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for taking the time to not only ready my post, but reply as well. It really means a lot to me.

I'm thirty-one. Single. And the mother of three amazing children. I was married for twelve years--eleven of them being wonderful. Perfect. Fulfilling. I woke up every morning with a smile on my face. I went to bed every night content. Life was good. Then it all ended. My mind cracked. It couldn't wi...