If only...

confidence really did come in a tube. Ah, life would be easier. It would also be good if money, good looks and happiness came in tubes as well. (Feel free to add your own product ideas for tube-y convenience.)

My confidence has taken such a hit that I am going to need the whole tube. Crushed by my father's wife, yet again, I am reeling this week trying to figure out how to patch up and go on. In my mind, his silence during the assault was tantamount to complicity. It is so painful to wrangle through and with that one, trying to understand that there are forces stronger than love that can motivate a person.