That still must be difficult. For the record, from what I know about you, I think you're brilliant. There's plenty of people in your life that like you for you. Sometimes family doesn't always mean blood, even the same species. It's being surrounded by people who care about you, willing to fight for you and with you.
I'm mushy. Sorry. Kind of runs in my family. We're really big on sticking together, after everything my parents and other family members went through.