Dear Lluvia:

I am currently not focused enough and would like to re-read all your posts here (and whatever you may add0 when I am back to the computer in about fifteen hours. For now, I will say that being alone, for a child, is a very difficult situation, what I referred to above as the breeding ground for anxiety. It doesn’t take a lot to scare a child, but having no one there to comfort a child, even a small fear can become big and ongoing. A child simply needs someone there to pay attention, to see her, to hear her.

The abuse you mentioned of your younger sister, did it include any violence on your part, any threats or such?

Will be back in about fifteen hours. Take good care of yourself.

anita