Hey Trista,
each and every line you have written here is worthy of highlighting and I wonder how you manage to do that. I feel so grateful to have found a person like you.
You make me feel relieved that people like me too exist. While reading your story, I felt like I was staring into the mirror all this while.
Though I don't indulge in self-help books but I do try to choose myself when things get going tough around me.
That really helps a lot and this story took that idea way further.
Thank you so much for sharing these amazing ideas and for being just YOU. :))