I am very sorry to hear the unpleasant dealings you have been enduring.......(with dignity) recently @thedarkhorse When I went through something similar a while back, someone left me a comment which said, "Welcome to the Internet!" Whilst I saw their point of view I also acknowledged that, thankfully the ones who lack moral fibre and feel obliged to give others a hard time online (for whatever reason) are in the minority. And steemit has attracted an amazing group of positive, creative and caring people and these are the ones we gravitate to. It is a good thing that you felt free to share your feelings because it puts things into perspective and you realize that other non deserving steemians suffer the same sort of abuse from time to time. It comes as a shock when you are not the type of person to act in such a manner yourself,and it is hard to understand why a few disgruntled members cannot show more restraint or better still, not say anything at all because their actions will eventually come back to bite them especially, as you say, what they've said here cannot be erased, Unless of course they decide they have over stepped the mark (which happened in my case) and delete their own negative, remarks. From what I have read of the responses here, you have the support of many and much good has come out of this conversation. I know you will rise above this and take from it what you can to grow, and cement your already strong characteristics. I adore the photo of your beautiful girls in this image. I'm sure it have a special place in the family albums.