It'll be better than okay, J. It's going to be a long and painful path at times, but I have complete faith that you're going to come out of this with a better and brighter world than you had before.

(And until then, rant and bitch and lean on us all you want)

{{{{{{{{{{juliana}}}}}}}}}}

You will make it through. It will suck for a while but you will survive.

Someone please tell me this will all be okay, please?

It'll be okay. It is perhaps impossible to believe that now, but if you can't trust that feeling in yourself trust it from somebody who has been through a divorce. It will be okay.

It'll be better than okay, J. It's going to be a long and painful path at times, but I have complete faith that you're going to come out of this with a better and brighter world than you had before.

This is true also, juliana. Honestly it is.

Look at where I am in my life now. Where Laura is. Where Robin is.

We all went through painful, difficult divorces. And yet our lives are better now than what they were.

It will be okay, juliana.

{{{{juliana}}}}

Someone please tell me this will all be okay, please?

At the close of it, you'll get yourself back, only tougher and wiser. This is the hard part, now.

I just gave my 12-year-old permission to try baking sugar cookies. I am insane. (I'm not at home.)

Oh, babe, it's going to be OK. Really. Right now it isn't because you're just starting to pick up the pieces, but it eventually will be. You'll put different pieces back in place--pieces that draw on your strength and desire to make it through this.

Grieve for what's been lost, but let yourself feel a glimmer of hope for what you will find. Remember you have friends who love you dearly. If you rant and rave, or cry and sniffle, we'll be here every step of the way. If you can't lean on yourself, lean on us. We're strong.

{{{juliana}}}

Oh juliana, what everyone else has said better than I ever could. {{{}}}

I'm standing back and letting everyone who's been through that grief and come out the other side say the big important stuff, but I'm still vibing love and support at you. {{{{{juliana}}}}}

Also, what beth said last night, which is also something Hec has said before -- ten minutes at a time. If you can't make it through the day, break it down into bits small enough that you can cope. If it's just ten minutes, that's fine. Get through this ten minutes, and then another ten, and another. You're strong enough for that. And everyone is here, thinking of you, every second.

It will be ok, Juliana. and actually, it will be better than ok.

JZ is not clear on the concept - but on the other hand , getting things done on your day off that have been bugging you - priceless.