Dear T,

Seeing you tonight and two days earlier this week was delightful, but two days later next week will be hard. But considering this is our only interruption for Christmas, I consider myself pretty lucky.

Your kindness and gentle nature was so extra appreciated tonight. Every week I can see your warmth and empathetic nature reflected back to me and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to tell you how much it means to me. I got into a heartbreaking topic tonight that I’ve never discussed before, and your kind, soft spoken nature was exactly what I needed. You said it was an especially hard topic to discuss and asked how I felt afterwards.

I’m amazed at the new layers of myself I’m discovering with you, how I’m finding the most authentic version of myself. You nicely disagreed with the self hatred thought spiral I get into sometimes, how I feel like I will never connect with anyone—You said that’s not correct, I’ve made a deep connection with you. Thank you just isn’t sufficient here, but thank you a million times over.

Please be safe on your trip. Till next Thursday