"Awareness" keeps you 'making sense.
You do have 20/20 vision because of your awareness.

Looking for those red flags of 'herstory"
Using your box of tools will keep you aware

Ya got A Lot Of DS Friends Arfie...know you are not alone.

Thanks, ML. When life goes wonky on me, it can be hard to tell when I am "Self-aware" and when I am delusionally posessed.

I just quoted that same Leonard Cohen line to a friend here via private message. It's one of my favorite lines to remind me to accept and even embrace my brokenness as something that's helped me learn and be enlightened in life, not just suffer loss from it. Yes, in answer to your question, you're making sense. It's hard work, but you're making it.

Yea, it is my personal favorite song for when I need a reminder that it is okay to have some broken pieces and battle scars.

Sometimes I want to start The Church of Leonard. Wanna get Cohenesque with me?

Yes, dear arfie, it seems to me that you are indeed making sense. Triple hugs

Thank you, Dreamer. When lost in surreal current events, I find it painfully difficult to know what is, "Sensible." I find it incredibly helpful to seek gentle reality checks from trusted members of my therapy support network.

Update:
The third grandchild was born by C-section yesterday morning around 11. Daddy tells us she looks healthy. 7 lbs 4 oz. Hubs and I have not known what to tell, if to tell, the elder (5 and almost 3) siblings as baby's fate, or even her name, remains uncertain. I think they know. Both GKs spent unusual amounts of time talking about babies yesterday. We treated it like play as usual. Did your baby arrive in a space ship?

For the sake of letting the baby be more real in my head, I have taken to calling her, "Freya Faye." This morning finds me wondering if I gravitated to that name because *I* am FF. Feeling Fragile.