Dear Rose,

I believe you know that at times we choose to do things for others out of love and in doing those things we also know that there is no guarantee of appreciation or even repayment but still we do those things because it is what we believe in, that doing unselfishly and without reward is its own reward and now that that time has moved on and you have given, maybe its ok to say to yourself that I have given and can give no more and what I have given is what I could give and it was the best I could do in that time and now that time is past and it is time for me to move on with the same true love in my heart that I came into that time with and I will take myself away from that place but in my heart I carry all of the original love I began with and in fact,I have made that love greater, stronger, more capable. .

Its ok to release yourself from promises of the past. You are still the same, but somebody new. Someone wiser, someone who tried your best, someone who still cares.

Very sad to hear about the kids. No success could be worth what they've lost.