Dear MC,
I'm not even sure what to say. You make me feel so safe and so understood. You get why I'm so emotional about things that don't directly involve me.* I wish it didn't have to be such a one-sided relationship--I wish you could tell me more about what's going on with your wife. I wish I could be there for you, too, to make you feel understood and cared for. I understood the reasons you gave for why it needs to be this way, and how it's not about me, but about the therapeutic relationship. It's still hard, for multiple reasons, like I said to you. The way you just looked at me without saying anything when I said how hard it was...I could see not just the understanding in your eyes, but the love, too. Even though maybe you wouldn't admit that part, I could feel it. Thanks for that. It's worth the pain to experience that level of caring/love and understanding.

Love,
LT

*Referring to .