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Maybe giving him the rock today was good. When you left he would have the rock to hold and think about you giving it to him today. Maybe he reflected on you. Did he know it was your therapy anniversary? I do not even know my anniversary. I just know the year and month. Then again, I keep getting my wedding anniversary date mixed up.

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My therapist isn't the sort to reflect on me after sessions. Likely within a few weeks, he'll have forgotten how he got that rock. He'll pick it up and say "I think someone gave this to me." He'd already forgotten the metaphor that was the reason for the rock. Even though we've discussed it very recently.

He didn't remember of course. He said "You're right! It was April 3, 1995. Well... of course you're right."

My therapist has many fine and useful qualities. But he has a lousy memory. Although that can be, on occasion, a fine and useful quality. I can tell him things many times before they start to sound familiar to him. As you can imagine, that's useful in any thirteen year relationship.