Sweet Ellen - I read this two days ago and I so needed a moment to respond to you.

I've only been able to visit Medium while on my phone and for some odd reason, clicking on the comment section of this story just kept glitching - I wouldn't be allowed to respond. Ugh -

All to say: your comment truly touched my heart and has stayed with me...so pardon this delay.

I wanted to share that you touched my heart, as I felt you understood where I was coming from having battled this out and my "why"...you made me laugh, but mostly - thank you, Ellen - for your empathetic and just so kind heart.

Biggest hug - smashing you to kingdom come - which I know in real life, not to do to my introverted friends - so taking advantage of the written virtual world! LOL ;-) 😘

Hope you're having a good week!