I wonder what made you so sure at such a young age? I could barely decide what I wanted to major in at college and you already knew who you were when I was still trying to figure out who I was and what I wanted or thought I wanted.

Even though you eventually did marry, you still knew, deep down, who you were inside and since that person wasn't willing to change, the marriage didn't work.

How is it that when most of the world suffers from feelings of isolation, there stands Sylvia, bold enough to say, "I don't need anyone to hold my hand!"

All in all, what I take away form your story, is to always trust those instincts or urges one had as a little kid. Since kids are the closest to God, or the life force energy that wakes us up in the morning, then kids are usually dead-on when it comes to being aligned with their higher, truer, and the most pure part of their nature.

It's always the world that screws them up or dumbs them down until they wise up and do what they have to do.