ValRom
12-31-2011, 01:09 PM
I'd like to share something positive.
My SO and I separated earlier this year after being together for 17 years; we still remain friends, in fact, I stayed at her apartment when I was in the Bay Area last week.
She is free to discuss what's transpired for me this year. She was talking to a friend the other night, and this is what she wrote after that talk:
Hi Val,
Thinking of you today. You know how I always get nostalgic and introspective the last day of the year . . .
I wanted you to know that I told Angela last night and she was very positive. Not shocked at all. Just very impressed that you actually made the change. She clearly has more respect for you now. She said “I like her even better”. She repeated[ly] said how courageous it was to do this at this point in your life.
... it seems clear that anyone who knew you as H will still like and respect Val – and perhaps even more so. You are moving toward being your authentic self.
My hope for the new year is that each of you receives a message such as this.
My SO and I separated earlier this year after being together for 17 years; we still remain friends, in fact, I stayed at her apartment when I was in the Bay Area last week.
She is free to discuss what's transpired for me this year. She was talking to a friend the other night, and this is what she wrote after that talk:
Hi Val,
Thinking of you today. You know how I always get nostalgic and introspective the last day of the year . . .
I wanted you to know that I told Angela last night and she was very positive. Not shocked at all. Just very impressed that you actually made the change. She clearly has more respect for you now. She said “I like her even better”. She repeated[ly] said how courageous it was to do this at this point in your life.
... it seems clear that anyone who knew you as H will still like and respect Val – and perhaps even more so. You are moving toward being your authentic self.
My hope for the new year is that each of you receives a message such as this.