A couple snippets from today....

T: ...your observation--I was going to say complaint...

Me: Oh, you can say complaint. I was totally complaining.
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Me: I know the world is not actually like this, and that this is not going to happen in real life, but I feel like I have cried and grieved over this enough that there shouldn't be any left. I should be all done.

AND (I could see her getting ready to say something therapist-y)...you have to agree with me right now, so for just a minute I can pretend that's how it actually works.

T: (laughs) That's exactly how it works. The bucket should be empty, shouldn't it.

It was actually a lovely session, for the most part, challenging, one of those where I look back and think, "How did we cover all of that in an hour?"