T and I share a sense of humor and laugh a lot. We've laughed so hard before that he's had to wipe tears away. It's awesome.

At my last appointment, we talked a lot about trusting me to grow and heal at my own rate...I told him that I believed that I want to get better and that I will naturally do the things that lead me towards healing (he agreed). And I told him about my youngest son, who has been allowed to do everything in his OWN time...stop nursing, potty learn, decide when to do an extracurricular activity, etc. And despite everyone telling me, he'll never "X", I trusted that he had the drive to grow and learn and would do it at his own pace, and of course he has.

But I had to wipe his butt FOREVER, and people were really getting on me about it, and of course he did it on his own eventually. And now T uses that as a metaphor for my healing..."You'll wipe your own butt eventually"...which makes us both laugh