Hi, Susan! Thanks so much for reading this, and for sharing your thoughts. I'm so sorry you're going through a sudden shift in a long friendship, too - decades?? Wow, that's a long time to have a friend. That's a pretty big wound for you to bear.

I've had a few do the 'holier-than-thou' thing, too. It's so disrespectful and unkind, but at the end of the day, it speaks volumes about that person and has nothing to do with you - which know - as you said, it's not your fault.

Sending big hugs to you from both Witchy and me, with hopes that you work through this as soon as possible so it stops hurting. 💜