LiteraryLark,
I am sorry about that young woman and all the distress you went through in 2017. It is healing for you to cry about this--be gentle on yourself, sometimes we have to feel badly before we can move on....

My thought today is Happy New Year and instead of New Year's resolutions let's ponder our New Year's Dreams. Just as you have done--let's count our blessings and enjoy our families, friends, and/or pets! For you, Literarylark, 2018 should easily beat 2017--out with the negative---you have no where to go but up, up, up....