Dear MC,
Thanks again for being so kind about the 3 am text Saturday. I was nervous to see you today, but I'm glad you continued being compassionate toward me.

You asked me today if I felt an emotional void that no one could really fill, including my H (and said I need to learn, with support from you, T, H, etc., to fill it myself). Because it's from the past, like my childhood.

Did you ask me that because you've had that void, too? Because from stuff you've said about your father and childhood (and what I can see in your eyes), I think maybe you do. Or did, and figured out (through therapy, etc.) how to fill it. I know that's work I should be doing with my individual T. But I don't get the sense she's had the void. I wish I could work on it with you. Because you understand. You just understand me in ways I don't think she could, despite all her training. Because you're a lot like me.