Sometimes it just takes a nice long talk with my friend S to put my idea/thoughts/emotions in perspective. She takes all my whining and complaining and sums it up for me in a concise, neat, little package. I feel bad because no matter how much I tell myself I will focus on HER when we talk, I always seem to take over the conversation about what's going on in MY life. She just helps keep me grounded.
So when I was trying to report to her all my frustrations of the lack of stay-at-home working options, and the unfairness of what a little bit of miscalculation will do to push the need quite SUDDENLY from part-time to full-time work, and, well, I just don't want it get into it all here--she summed it up for me perfectly. "You are grieving. And you have the right to grieve."
Oh, S. Thank you for putting it in perspective. And here I was trying so, so hard to be brave and OK! about this and...well, now I understand why I'm having such a hard time doing all that despite my best intentions.
Give me time to grieve. And I'll be OK.
And S, I promise, our next conversation, I'll keep my mouth shut and try to listen to YOU more.
1 comment:
Isn't it great to have friends like that? It sounds like she's a great listener. And sometimes we just have to be the listener. It's great when friends can give and receive.
I like her perspective. You will be OK. I can understand being concerned about things. It's tough.
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