*tears*

Thank you so much (((((((( everyone ))))))))

Things are better, and believe it or not, I think what happened, though very painful, might end up being a good thing.

Some appropriate distance was needed. The family member and I needed the distance to see that, and if that's the way it had to happen, it's OK.

I'll never forget it, and I hope I don't. I hope I use positively what I've learned here, though I know things were very limited to act otherwise in the moment.

I hope I'm able to remember this as a reminder of what can happen if appropriate boundaries aren't kept when they're able to be.

Things are MUCH better, and I pray it was/is a turning point to a much more healthy, age-appropriate relationship.

My hurt is much better, but have y'all ever noticed how much something like this can both physically and mentally exhaust? I feel drained...literally.

I don't know what I would do without you all. People here in real life were either too close to it or something to be able to talk with. Y'all mean so much to me and I can't thank you enough.

KD