Imagine that you met somebody who lived in Hawaii.  They watch movies and weather stories about the snow.  They see the blizzard conditions, the light dusting, and children making snow angels.

They will never fully understand what snow is really like until they experience it.  The wetness of it, how cold it is, what it feels like when you turn your face up to the sky and feel light touches of each snow flake on your face.

Our friends and family are living in the world of Hawaii.  They don't understand us because they are not experiencing the pain or the over whelming emotions we are experiencing.  They want us back.  They want us fixed.  We want it too, but it's not working out that way, is it?

So, how do we cope with the friends from Hawaii?  Share how you cope or need to cope.