Dear Nichole:

“I am not sure how to confront this situation”- I think it is more about accepting the situation, nothing to confront. Nothing to fix. I think what you need to confront is the rest of your life, it is about carving your own life in the world, away from the old.

I hope your brother gets better, but it is out of your hands, nothing you can do about his mind, his life and the relationship between you  and him. I would leave it alone and behind and move forward.

As hard as it is, your hope is not in what is behind you but what is in front of you.

I will soon be away from the computer and be back in about fourteen hours. I hope to read more from you and I will reply when I am more awake, which I hope will be tomorrow morning.

Treat yourself well today no matter how you feel, just as if you had a young child in your care, you’d treat him or her well regardless of how sad you feel, correct?

anita