I read that book too...I also had mixed feelings about it! But, yes, I don't really think of it as a separate entity, I like how precious things put it...it has just been so long that I really feel like it's a part of me now...but I am trying NOT to make it my identity...even though I am internally yelling that YES it IS....eesh. It is SO NOT! Wow. Interesting how torn it can make someone!