Originally Posted by Celladorina

I literally am tearing up reading your response to my story. I have been through some tough stuff in my life but there is always a fire there, inside me, keeping me going no matter how bad things seem. I am so blessed to have colleagues, friends, my manager, my counselor and my psychiatrist that genuinely care about me and to top it off my landlord is awesome and hasn't raised rent in the 4 years I've been here, installed a cat door for me, and installed air conditioning unit/heat pump.

At this point of my life I feel I have a lot to be grateful for. I've recovered from an abusive relationship, am recovering from chronic health issues and still have a job that suits me.

It threw me off too! I wrote cat, then though oh it's non animal, so wrote bird and googled it to find bird is an animal. I am a ditz sometimes.