Some insight

 My plan is to go through this experience mindfully and learn what I need to learn as I go along. Hopefully what I am learning will help others. So often when I share this blog with someone new, they tell me about a loved on who has been on a similar journey to Mike's. My commitment to Mike and to myself is not to sweep this under the rug and hide the truths of the situation.  We cant learn from that which we deny to be true. We cant help others when we hide the truth.  We cant even help ourselves if we dont look at the situation truthfully.