Thank you ALL for sharing your thoughts. By reading your reasons NOT to SI, you've helped me again! I wish each and every one of you could see what I see ... <u>survivors.</u> Strong people who have survived horrors I can only imagine, who are always ready to lend a hand to others even when fighting your own demons, who are willing to bare your souls because you <u>deserve</u> to be better than SI and you <u>deserve</u> to put your past where it should be and you <u>deserve</u> to be happy! You ARE survivors and I'm in awe of your strength.

I want you to know that I've read all your posts, even copied some things to discuss with my daughter next time the terrible urges to cut are so violent in her that she reaches out to her mother for help. Thank GOD she's comfortable enough ... now ... to do that!

I wish you all continued determination to stay strong, to NOT let your abusers win! See the face in your mirror? That's YOU and YOU survived.

God bless you ALL! Thanks to you, I'm learning to be a

GoodMama