A wonderful, understandable story, freda. There can be a value in going through destructive experiences, in that you can then empathize and support others who are going through them. At one point in my first marriage, I committed myself to a psychiatric ward, because I could no longer cope with my life. I probable learned more in those 17 days than I did in all the rest of my life leading up to that point, and like you I offer encouragement and hope to people who can't believe in it, themselves.

Not only can the mind and body heal miraculously, so can the heart.

Jerry