I have goosebumps all over from reading this. It is as if it was written just for me, and i have found my way here at exactly the right time. I have lost two female friendships in my life to date, and both times, it was more traumatic than any romantic break-up or my divorce. There is so much wisdom scattered throughout this beautiful piece, but the bit about the vine doing what a vine does really spoke to me. It has added to my understanding that some people (like some things in nature) are just being themselves [it is in a scorpion's nature to sting] and there is not point in getting angry (or my own special forte: getting righteously indignant) because of them. THANK YOU!! A🙏💚