Dear T,

It's good to know you don't think you've actually ever been angry with me. I guess my "someone upset with me" trigger is so sensitive, that I read what you called "highly irritated" a couple times as anger. Perhaps your anger meter is nuanced like my love meter is...

And it meant a lot how at the end of session, you said, "LT, D is a really difficult child." How it's not me. It feels like from that and other comments that you're in it with me and empathize. And interesting that you used a couple examples with your son--he sounds very much like me as a child/teen in terms of not wanting to disappoint anyone.

Love,
LT