Thank you all for your kind words.
It is so hard for me to connect with my friend because her kids are seeing the same therapist and she continues to see them. She only terminated my kids! And when I connect with my friend my anger/rage/hurt is triggered, it so overwhelms me that I have cut off from her as a way to cope with the oerwhelming feelings.
I don't know that there is a way I can connect with her without having these intense emotions well up.
Now when I think of her I feel numb, underwater, a barrier bet. me and her.
help.