Juhi Kalra, yes, you certainly made me smile. It’s a good add-on motto to live by! :)

Thank you so much for understanding, and your very kind reply. I have accepted your virtual hand… leaning into the pain, the humiliation… is an essential part of recovering from “things” like this. Writing about it here, in Poetry form on Medium helped some… but all the encouragement I’m getting from so many of you is really wonderful and oh so helpful!

Your good advice will be heeded, Juhi!

Joan