My therapist has been on vacation for about a week now, incommunicado except for a three or four line note midweek. That's a long gap for us- usually it's twice-weekly sessions and lengthy emails every day. We're skipping three sessions altogether.

And for the first time since I've started therapy, I've felt really good in general about her absence, that I was comfortable enough in my life not to need as much support, and not to fret so much about losing our connection.

In fact, she just sent me a reply to my messages from the past week and said I got an A+ in soloing away from therapy.

I've come a long way in 2.5 years, not, perhaps so much in *eliminating* my anger (started because of angry outbursts at my daughter), but in accepting it.... moderating it (not perfectly, but consistently much better) and making my life more livable for me, more engaging, more fulfilling, more balanced, less stressful.