I want to share with you...my unbelievable luck and joy at finding myself in such a wonderful and reciprocal friendship. As I wrote in a post last month, I left my husband and my old new life without a clue as to where I might land. Through true serendipity I found myself living in a dear but-we'd-kinda-lost-touch-over-the-years friend's lower-level apartment. I have a great place, in a great neighborhood, and I feel safe and loved and free to grow into myself. It is as near perfect as I could have ever hoped for.
But, of course, I now understand that I am not just here for me; I am here for my friend. She has a full plate and has been juggling alone for quite some time. She is finally feeling okay financially, but she is bled dry emotionally on a regular basis by her family situations. And that is what I am here to help her with...her emotional independence...being here to support her as she looks through her past and deals with her present...and I can do this....I know how to do this really well!!! So I am happy to have this to offer her, aside from our basic friendship, sista-hood....help shedding the dysfunction imposed and implied by others...letting it end with her. Letting go of some of the responsibility that she has shouldered willingly but at a high cost to herself, when it isn't all hers to bear and therefore the load needs to be redistributed...easier said than done....will be hard for her to give up....I know how to do this, too!
I am so glad to be here, to share what I can, and listen when I should, and offer help as much as it is wanted.
I am so happy to have something of value to add to our friendship. It feels good to be able to share the lessons I've been faced with and to have a true friend beside me as we each face whatever lessons are in the offing. Grown-up friends....it is cool...it gives me hope...
Peace to you...peace and plenty...plenty of whatever you need...to smile, to breathe, to take that step....
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