My T is like zoo's when I bring things in.

He always treats anything I bring like a treasure. He asks questions, he looks at it from every angle, he makes me feel like it's important, and something worthy of close attention and care.

He probably reacts the way I do when one of my boys brings me something important that they want me to see. And I think that's awesome, because I've never had that before.

Even now, 4 years in, with SUCH positive and caring reactions from T, I feel shy when I bring things to show him. Because the things I bring are important to me, and really, now that I'm writing about it, I'm realizing that in a way, I'm saying to T "here is a part of me that I want you to see". If he cherishes that, *I* feel cherished.