Thank you, again! (grinning at you!)
Two things... yes, Pretty turned out just fine... (I never have understood why Indians keep their kids as kids for so long! SMH!)
I didn't have responsibilities like you have... I was the next to the youngest in my family. (My parents had 16 living children.)
The most I had to do was household chores and gather wild edibles on our farm until I was big enough to drive a tractor and start working the fields.
As for the second thing, I know I am doing the right thing for her. Of that, I have no doubt.
(The worry/scared is only because of the horrible way my other two marriages ended. I don't want that to happen again!)