Thanks Soggy. I am, in part, looking for encouragement and support. But if I need to adjust my thinking, I am willing. I am imperfect by a long shot. I don't know everything but have a good technical support network for my areas of ignorance.

I cannot go into great detail but I was doing the right thing by my former employer. One engineer, who adopted my plan, told me how thrilled he was with the new system. He spent over a decade discouraging other engineers from making requests to improve process controls. With the new system, he was confident of being able to meet any request.

The ill-planted seed can be gained, if one is biased initially and asks questions to get the answers needed.

Travel and long hours have left me somewhat isolated socially. People didn't know when I was in/outta town. When one is single and childless, isolation is not good. My soul was whithering, which allows for lots of other problems to develop. I've had some tough stuff to overcome in life and sometimes it just gets to be too much, even for me.