Dear uni therapist,

It makes me really sad when you describe the way you treat your children, how you make them feel loved and appreciated, the fact that you regularly tell them that you are proud of them. I know you are telling me about it as an example of what good parenting looks like, but it's also a painful reminder of what I will never have. I will never hear any of the things you say to your children. No one ever says those things to me, and no one ever will. So while you mean well, it does feel sort of like, "Here's something you can't have!" And it makes me want to cry.