Mark and Anita,

You both hit on good points.  Valuing myself and not feeling sympathy.

It’s definitely been a dance with the devil.  A long and arduous journey.

I have been doing more for myself….cooking classes, train trip into the city and in general rediscovering what makes me feel “light”.  I also bought a treadmill :).  I was a bit vigorous on mopping and polishing hardwood floors about 10 days ago and have been on an exercise hiatus!  Lol.  The old girl ain’t what she used to be.

It is very very very important for me to socialize and connect with people.  I gave up all of my connections and outside interests for him.  He demanded all my energy, even though I am certain he wasn’t consciously aware of that.

I love to cook, and have been doing more of that.  I treated myself to some good chef knives after one of my cooking classes.  I also love to design jewelry and will be revisiting that next.

My goal is to do one thing socially each weekend at the minimum so that I don’t hibernate.

Thank-you!