Sarah, I think you may not have lost her entirely. She is in there waiting for the moment when she is most needed. She has become an aspect of the even greater, larger and wiser you. Your past continues to inform you. Only change is inevitable and the more we bring to the present moment the better we are to handle whatever may come. Perhaps you would not have weathered this separation as well as you have without the inner knowledge of determination, strength, balance, protection and growth you found in Karate. The earlier you is always within you but with a more discerning and discriminating eye. If we were made of crystal, each new mark would only make us reflect more light. You are beautiful!

Just wanted to say that I really appreciate your honesty and openness about these personal subjects. I think we all think back at times in our lives when we loved who we were and would like to go back and be "her" again. Unfortunately, and fortunately, life moves forward. Old passions may return. And new passions will show up. The exciting part is that what lies ahead is never what you know, or what you imagined it to be. It's full of mystery and surprises, and full of the unknown. And there's something irreplaceably exciting about that.

Really rocks! It always did, but who you are and what you bring to your friendships just gets more rich and extraordinary every day forward. Just brilliant!