Thanks for sharing.

Understanding a little about your experience helps keep us all grounded in reality.

I'm sorry for what you've gone through, but each person that hears about it, and learns a little bit from it, may add a little to the plus side of the equation.

You mention the things you didn't do, or would do differently, and that helps us a lot- but it sounds to me like it could have been a lot worse if not for your foresight. Maybe you should take a second to give yourself credit for the preparations you did make. Congratulations. You made it. Your preparations may not have been perfect- no way they ever could be- but they worked.