"i get knocked down, but i get up again..."

First of all, just a major major thank you to everyone's who'd responded to the posts about the mother. I've been lagging on getting responses to people, but I just wanted to post and give ya'll a great big ::HUG:: for the responses and to let you know that while I've not been very timely about responding back to those comments that they're all still very appreciated and that they've been encouraging or thought-provoking or just good to know that I'm not so alone in this, y'know?

::hugs again:: Thank you.