So helpful. I'll be spending the summer with my mother, whom I adore. (And I'm not the only one. She is an objectively wonderful woman.) But the last few visits, I've found myself getting very short-tempered. I had already identified that I also spend a lot of time alone and so find it very tiring to share space with another human being, no matter how lovely seh is. But I think, too, that there are costumes I have outgrown and it may be time to take them off and let my family see who I am now, after over 35 years in a foreign country. THANK YOU! And have a wonderful holiday!
Ecb! I totally feel you. I’m finding the last 24 hours has been a lit of accepting who they are and letting it go. The costumed me has loads of arguments ready to launch. The today me is telling him to let it slide. It’s intwrsting to have a line with the folks but with myself too. Hope yours goes well this summer.
Enjoy Sardinia! That is on my bucket list.
It’s gorgeous. And much needed.
So helpful. I'll be spending the summer with my mother, whom I adore. (And I'm not the only one. She is an objectively wonderful woman.) But the last few visits, I've found myself getting very short-tempered. I had already identified that I also spend a lot of time alone and so find it very tiring to share space with another human being, no matter how lovely seh is. But I think, too, that there are costumes I have outgrown and it may be time to take them off and let my family see who I am now, after over 35 years in a foreign country. THANK YOU! And have a wonderful holiday!
Ecb! I totally feel you. I’m finding the last 24 hours has been a lit of accepting who they are and letting it go. The costumed me has loads of arguments ready to launch. The today me is telling him to let it slide. It’s intwrsting to have a line with the folks but with myself too. Hope yours goes well this summer.
Thanks! One thing I’m sure of is that T.E.D. will help. So thank you for that, too.
Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing. The family 'costume' is one of the hardest to take off, I reckon! Have a lovely break, Karl.
Thank you thank you. I’m definitely working to not zip it on again. Odd how tempting it is to slip into old roles.