after six years of working together, when i was ready to end (and knowing i was not going to be returning), we decided to have a 'celebratory final session'. my husband, who had also been attending my sessions for the last couple years of therapy also attended. hubby and i brought a special bottle of premium tequila to share with my T who had never tried that kind of tequila and T chose to bring some fancy chocolate that we could savour. so we ate chocolate and sipped tequila while reminiscing about the good and bad over all those years and also talked about the optimistic plans for my future. i gave T a hard cover version of a special book we had used earlier in my therapy with a personal written message in it. T gave hubby and me a small gift as well. there were many laughs and some tears shed between us. when it was time to part, i genuinely thanked T for all he had done and for sticking by my side and he wished me well. we gave each other a tight warm embrace and then i left.

i will always cherish that day as a celebration of the ending of one chapter of my life and the perfect segue into the next