t, thank you for the birthday email. that was quite a surprise!! and I don't know how I even feel about it! egads, last year I'd have been jumping up and down with excitement over it, but this year, it's different. I do appreciate it, though. Because when I was swimming earlier I was thinking and wondering, that I don't know what it's like for you, this separating that we are in the process of working through, I know you're the professional here and you've ended therapy relationships before mine, but like you said we've known each other a long time... I know you already said you will miss me. And I will miss you, too. But the more time that goes by, the more I think about all of this, the surer I am that separating from you is my next step in growing up. I will be forever grateful to you for walking beside me on this part of my journey. What a powerful and profoundly healing relationship this has been for me. There aren't words enough to say thank you, t. It's been amazing.