Hope,
You are a gentle soul! You feel to me like the stone that has been rubbed smooth by all of your bumps! Your children are lucky!
Thanks for listening with such a gentle attitude. So happy for you and your progress. Thank you for sharing these thoughts with me.
much love,
mof4
Well, thank you, Mof4, but I neglected to mention that Step 3 occasionally has a brief lag known as "grumpy mode", in between the shutting of the gate and the going for refilling... lol

I spent part of yesterday around my home here in GM, as I think I'll call it... we've had alot of togetherness here for the past week or so, and I was sorely feeling the lack of peace and quiet. Anyhow, I still have plenty of practicing to do... thank you for your encouragement!
Still spinning around here, but this time it's on the Potter's wheel and not in the hands of N.
Much love to you always, Mof4,
Hope