G, I feel so safe with you. Hearing you say that you were hoping and praying my spiritual direction appointment with L would go well, and you hoped she would invite me to the soul care events - it made me feel like from a very deep place you have my best interest in mind. And knowing that you sometimes go to those soul care evenings makes me feel like maybe the ending of therapy in December won't be the end of seeing you. Of course, it will be very different, but it makes me feel like you are inviting me and welcoming me into your life. I feel like you have a vision for me outside the churchy box, like you can see a totally different, more expansive, beautiful, free, and loving spirituality that I am only beginning to catch a glimpse of. You've been waiting and hoping for this to happen for me, and believed it could happen, even though I thought I'd given up on God and had lost all hope and was in such a dark place. You knew that, in addition to the psychological healing, spiritual healing was key for me, and you believed it could happen, even though I had given up all hope. You haven't given up on me, even though I had given up on myself.

I just feel so lucky to know you.