I am older and divorced and don't feel special to anyone, even God. I am trying to accept this as a positive. I relate feeling special to being young and having sexual and/or romantic partners...and it never lasted. I would like to be a better person, more righteous, and dignified. More in God's image. Then I might feel authentically special, which would be a new experience. (I never felt special to either parent. There were a lot of children, and I was never the special one so the idea that it is not important is probably a left-over from my childhood.)