In the past week I worried that I offended two of my longest term friends. I was feeling very nervous about alienating them because they are very important to me. Both have since responded very positively to me and said point blank that our relationship is too important to them to give up over any small disagreement. I’m not sure I can express just how happy that makes me. I feel valuable. I feel loved. I spend so much of my time feeling like if I say the wrong thing people will abandon me. I am grateful beyond words that they both took the initiative to assure me that they aren’t going anywhere.
I love you Britt. And I love you Debbie. Thank you.
That’s wonderful.
I feel valuable. I feel loved.
You are valuable. You are loved.
from Debs
Which is funny because -I- was worried that -you’d- think that -I- was too much trouble for you. 🙂 But yeah, abandon, no way. As for saying the wrong thing, I guess it’s fairly likely that we will both say the wrong thing lots more times in the future. But luckily I think we both have tougher skin and stick harder because of it.
ps. still sorry it took me so long to respond. I hope it didn’t cause too much undue anxiety. I meant to drop a short note in between to say I was working on the response. Anyway. working on columbia u.
-me