Brookef18 i think that is really good advice... when the breakup first happened for me this summer.. i spent the days inside crying because i didn't want to see people.. if it wasn't for my puppy... i don't know where i'd be.. she came into my life at the perfect time.. but since getting out and planning on doing something with my day (in the summer.. before school started) i felt my spirits really lift. And you are right.. you have to make the move to ask someone to do something... and once i started doing little things during the day.. things really got better for me... i can tell yuo've been there because you have all the right things to say
and god bless you for the all the volunteer work... the world needs more people like you (i also LOVE art... i'm in my last year university for a degree in Fine Arts.. hoping to teach art in highschool)