Just finished listening to the audio book of "Eat, Pray, Love", which I know several people around here have read. I had a real love/hate relationship with it. I enjoyed the author's journey of self discovery - but the early sections, describing her descent into MLC Craziness and abandonment of her H, were pretty hard to take. I just wanted to slap her - hey, lady, don't you know what you did to that poor guy dropping the bomb on him? And now you can't figure out why he is angry and can't just forgive you and end it as friends? Hmmmph. Stoopid aliens.
I had the same reaction to the book. On the one hand, I absolutely loved it. I loved her discovery of herself, I loved the authenticity, and I loved the writing. On the other hand, I wanted to smack her upside her head. I felt so bad for her husband...and I wished that he had found DBing so he'd had a chance. That part was sad. Still...I have to say it's one of my favorite books of the past year.
Glad to see you and W are still working on the M. Do you ever wish she'd found DB for herself? In some ways I think the LBS carries the weight of the R because we know better...and it's easy to feel frustrated and even a little resentful. But that's just my experience...just wondering about yours since we entered this crazy world about the same time.
One of these days I'd like to meet you, Jen, and a whole slew of others. We're veterans of a crazy war....
SD
Me: 40 H: 43 H had EA from 2/06-9/06 Bomb 5/06 Piecing since 9/2006 3/2008: Boundary setting 7/2009: Boundary crossing~dropped my own bomb. 8/2010: Marriage finally on track!
