[Marina Kits]

Just wanted to chime in here...
First, very good thoughts, Kari! I might well have written the exact same narrative. Nicely enunciated!

Thanks Sammie. Interesting aside; I've always gotten compliments on my compositions but they have gotten even better since I started NBE / HRT. I think I'm just more in touch with my feelings. I also thoroughly enjoy writing (and reading) a well composed and punctuated post or comment. I get a real sense of satisfaction from doing it well and using ever tool necessary to get my feelings into words without misleading the reader.

You're right about the mood swings on NBE & HRT by the way. I just forgot to mention it, along with a few more things that will probably be brought up shortly by someone else. It's what makes this community so cool!

As for the tear filed, grey days, they are NEVER fun, yet they are strangely …“welcome???” too. My highest highs have always come on the heels of my tear filled moments and the bigger the moment, the higher the high. It seems as though nothing cleanses the hurt that I have bottled up within me from years of repression and hiding better than the tears I shed out of desperation. I know this to be true because the tears are always bigger than the trigger.