part ii:

every year in may, my therapist takes a week off for vacation (at least, she has the past two years). this year, i had a funny feeling about it (i'm fairly intuitive), and a few weeks ago, i worked up the nerve to say something to her. i told her i had a feeling this wasn't a vacation, and that i thought she had something personal going on. she asked what this meant to me and why i wanted to tell her (as she does with anything i approach her about that's related to her) and then she later confirmed that i was in fact correct. she said that she was ok, but that there was something going on with a family member of hers - which i had also guessed. i thanked her for telling me, and she said that it was important (for her) to honor and encourage the part of me that's intuitive.