Dear T,

I had a MAJOR trigger today. A position that I have been wanting for the past year or so was offered to my daughter. What??? This person is well aware that I am more experienced than she is and that I wanted that position. I am trying to be happy for my daughter, but on the inside it is killing me!!

Yes, I am doing REBT. I am working through those steps like you have taught me to do. BUT, I have to take her to the practices so I will be sitting in another room while she practices with the band. Talk about awkward???

Man, this is so hard. Not sure what the lesson in is this, but I am sure I will learn something from it. I guess maybe that I trained my daughter well and she is able to experience something that I have done for years. Maybe now it is her turn to enjoy this. Yes, that is probably what I should be thinking, but this is hard.

My husband thinks I am taking this way too personal. His question to me was, "When do you see your therapist again? You don't need to turn to SI to get through this. You are letting this get to you and I think you need to call her and talk this through."

NO, I am not calling you about some frivilous thing such as this. I will calm down and think this through logically.

Squiggle