Your strength and courage is admirable Hope. I think your outlook on this is very positive on the whole, and I think, in time, you'll be able to move past this as best one is able to. You have my respect.

And please, do not let insensitive remarks like the ones you mentioned get you down. They are grossly insensitive comments made by people who cannot understand the severity of the situation you went through, and even if meaning well, they are said in a degree of ignorance. Don't let them get you down Hope.

Hugs,
Harley