“Pace myself”, indeed!
Wow Annie. Shining through all your own words, stories and comments came a person of strength and integrity.
I’m so happy to see that it was not a facade. You are truly the real deal.
Edward* called it. That’s a strength of character right there. He will make it out the other side.
He is so lucky to have selected you to be his mom.
PS - a small bit of humour to get you smiling:
Please give me the name of the incense you burned. I’m hoping to flash it around my wife and get her to open the purse strings for my farm a bit wider.
It’s potent.
lol.
As a side note: please don’t take this the wrong way, but I’d like to contribute a little something to your 18k hole.
I’ve done well off Medium, and it’s through people like you, supporting and reading my pieces. I’d love to give a bit back, and couldn’t think of a more worthy cause.
My dad was an alcoholic. I was too young to understand, and he got very little support. It would be from him.
I know he’d have liked me to do this.
Big love. UB