Oh, I hope you haven't lost your little child within. That is the one who is the most
creative, playful, loving, and healthy one. If you're rescuing yourself, rescue that little
one, because she is the one who's going to attract that inner child from someone
else who can love you deeply and with respect.

It may be a long-term project, but I suspect that your love for animals may be the
child within expressing compassion and genuine affection for small, helpless things.

It'll be a journey, all right, but one well worth your giving your best effort to healing
her.