Dear Lily:

It is a pleasure to read your progress, you are doing very well. What is the saying.. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Healing emotionally takes a long time of gradual improvement, there is no other way to do it. I suppose with technology, a city can be built much faster and easier than before, but there is no fast lane to emotional health, no technology to make it happen faster, or easier.

You are doing good work, my goodness, I am impressed!

I hope your friend reaches out to you, but what can you do if she doesn’t… Again, your advice for her was excellent, it showed concern for her well-being, and that is what a true friend does, being concerned for her well being (not for her mother’s).

anita