I had something pretty special happen. A few weeks ago I posted about sending a note to my former best friend who pretty much attacked me over BP 17 years ago. I hadn't talked to her in 16 years. I didn't expect much if anything; I was afraid I would get a mean response.

Instead I got a letter apologizing for what happened back then, saying my part was much my setting healthy boundaries, etc. She's been waiting 10 years to say something because I specifically asked 16 years ago for her to never contact me again.

We're going to try this. I want to go slow and I have to learn to trust her again, trust not coming easily to me, but I think I can do this. I'd love to have a relationship sharing all of our history and joy from back then.

Tomorrow I'm going to ask my therapist to help me have ideas about what to say back to my friend. He helped me write the first note in all this so I know he'll be ok with that.

I'm excited and trying to not jump too far ahead.