"Completely Blind-sided"

this is going to sound totally strange....but coming from us.....maybe not.

we met a new friend on-line. now anyone that goes to chat rooms or MySpace or FaceBook, meets lots of new people, and so, are aware that a person can be anyone they want, on-line. we have many friends on-line that we made lasting friendships with as far back as umm ... think 4 or 5 years, and they are from all over the world. they are special to us, they support us in times of need, they are someone to whom we can talk to without being judged. All, but one of these on-line friends, knows nothing about our DID. to get to the point, one of our friends introduced us to a friend of her's and now this person has become important to us.

when we are writing to this person, we feel we have known them forever...and this person feels the same about us. we have never felt such a connection to someone we have never met IRL before. we have even talked with this person on the phone and it was like talking with an old friend. there was so much laughter and joy and respect and endless stories shared about our lives. you would think, with our issue of trust, we would never even venture to do something this risky. we can only say, we feel we have found a true forever friend. this new friend is going through a divorce, and having a very tough time emotionally. we offer support, which is readily accepted. we too are going through a rough period and will soon, be getting a divorce. our new friend gives us support. is all of this wrong? are we fooling ourselves in believing lasting friendships can be formed this way? are we setting oursevles up for a fall? we only know this...since this person came into our lives, we laugh more, we find joy in life, we feel we really have something to live for, we feel needed and cared about. we have something to look forward to each day. this new friend feels all of this about us also. this connection we have is just unexplainable. well, we guess you could explain it by simply saying, two people meet, both having turmoil and sadness in their lives, they immediately form a bond, they comfort one another, respect one another and they laugh....a lot! there are many miles between us, chances are, we may never meet, but that does not seem to matter. now matters, the time we have now together.

"us"

"The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body and although we repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can be deceived, our feelings manipulated. our perceptions confused and our body tricked with medication. But someday the body will present its bill, for it is as incorruptible as a child who, still whole in spirit, will accept no compromises or excuses, and it will not stop tormenting us until we stop evading the truth".