Well hello Fall.
I'm going on a family trip in a couple of weeks and I already booked a therapy session for the middle of it (hahaha!) This is one of those things that can go in a million different directions so I need to keep boundaries high and expectations low.
I have a new therapist, someone local so we can meet in an office. She asked me to tell her about my mother and I started telling stories about my mother from my childhood and ... it was shocking. I knew she was bad but sitting and just starting at point A and then going through, one after the other, she was just as damaging as a sexual predator father.
I'm still dealing with the revelations of my mother's actions. It was just overwhelming to see for myself.
From now until I leave on my trip, I plan to just go down my to-do list and get everything checked off. I want to come home to a clean slate.
The Post Office cutie and I are a not-happening deal. We exchanged some short text messages but she doesn't have time for a coffee and that's okay. We are all living our lives as best we can. I'm glad I had that experience of meeting and falling for her.
I am sending you all the good, healing vibes--and as much patience and forbearance so that you can enjoy the trip while keeping your boundaries from being trampled.
ReplyDeleteThe cutie: such is life. Then again, it also goes to show meet cutes can happen anywhere, any time.
The lovely thing at this advancing age is that small disappointments can remain small. One lovely thing that happened is my sister and I are reconnecting. So life keeps moving and so do we...
ReplyDeleteWoof, that's a lot. Holding you in my heart.
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