Hello, Tara Ann,
Welcome to Susan's; pull up a chair and be at home. We are a pretty great group of people except for the occasional bad day that some of us have.

But they try to keep me on a rather short leash and I've gotten too old to bite, much. >

It's good to read that you are finding yourself. That's a really important first step. Take your time there's a long way to go and plenty of time to get there.
Please take some time to read
The Site Rules and on
The Main Page you can discover Links, Chat and Wiki for your use as well. You might also want to go to the "Announcements" section and read the two posts "Post Ranks" and "Reputation Rules" to help you with some knowledge about when you can apply your own avatars, PM, and what those lil stars mean beneath all of our names and how to get them for yourself as well!!

See ya around I hope,
Nichole