Re: louis d/jude c
well, that's grand. isn't it? knowing what you wanted and getting it. great coats aside, i'm not sure how possible it is to find one.
i think you have a family that has their own problems, sunshine. and it's difficult to try and compete if competing's what you try if other people have problems objectively 'worse'. but it doesn't lessen what you're carrying around with you, nor its impact on you. some of my brothers had it far worse than i did, but i still felt dreadful. it doesn't all go on a balance sheet, you know. you can tell me about it, the not stiff-upper-lipping it and how much you're going to cut loose over tea when you return my books.
anastasia? sadly not, very dead, bones in a grave. but it's one of those stories that doesn't leave you alone.