Dear T,

When I told you how neutral the language was that ex's t used, you just nodded. But later, you wove the real words into the conversation, briefly, purposely, just in passing.

I noticed, and I am grateful. I think you understand how hard it was for me to get to those words, one at a time, and I needed to set them aside for a while. So you are holding that language, those words for me until I can hold them for myself again.

This is hard.