So, I now have the original stone back from my T (traded in the other one). I brought it up with like 5 minutes left and said part of me wanted to confirm that he was really OK with me having a different stone, but that I'd assumed his offering it to me meant he was. He said that was correct. I said I kind of debated whether I wanted the original one back or a different one. He pointed out a couple in the office that he has a connection to that I couldn't take, but said any other one (including the original one) was fine. So I grabbed that one and said I'd see if it felt right, and if it didn't, then I'd have time to swap it out before he goes away 2 weeks from now. I returned the one I had to the sand tray where I got it from.


I also asked if he'd be willing to handwrite me something, and he asked if I meant like a sentence or two of encouragement. I said yes, he asked if I was sure I wanted something in his awful handwriting? I was like, "What are you talking about, you have really nice handwriting" (he's written a couple things for me before, one as part of a homework assignment. He said he wasn't sure what to write, and I said I didn't mean for him to do that today, just sometime before he goes away. And that I'd also wanted to give him time to make sure he felt OK about doing that, and he said he appreciated that. But I got the sense that he's fine with it, just needs to figure out what to write. So, we'll see...