Elaine, your story is an amazing one--you can share it with me as many times you want, in as many different ways as you can think of. What's so amazing about these stories, and is a big part of why we must remember them, is that how we understand the stories and what we learn from them changes as we change. New life lessons and new perspectives can keep emerging from the same "old" stories, along with new healing and hope. Pretty amazing.

I'm glad, too, that you said what you did about not even being able to pray. I've learned that it's OK to be in that place from time to time, in our darkest moments. 

Kandie, I'm so glad you found my blog and left a comment. Thank you for your kind words about my writing, and for sharing your wisdom about corners--how they keep coming and how they allow us to "grow in our knowledge of ourselves."