better_and_worse doesnt matter ten_years have passed my life is different than it was and i'm still here i'm still myself everything is the way it is 040419 ... tender_square “he’s doing a lot better,” she explained. “i can tell he’s trying to figure out ways to put together his own group. plus he has the skating, and writing.” her therapist smiled and nodded. “the thing is, this has been the thing that i’ve been complaining about to friends, people who don’t know the whole story,” she said. “that he needed to create more of a life outside of us. and now that he’s doing it, i don’t feel like i have a right to feel the way i do anymore, because he’s changing.” “but you do have a right to that.” “i know, it’s just…that’s where my mind goes.” “maybe you’re realizing that he may be getting to a point where you can let him go.” “my mom says i treat him so lovingly. that he’s going to be blindsided when i leave. and she’s right. i treat him lovingly because i do love him. but it’s not enough. and how can i ever get anyone to understand that?” “who? him? your mother?” “anyone. how do you explain that you both still love each other but that it’s not right for you to stay?” 220404 what's it to you? who go blather from