Wow a firing is always tough. Given her age (I'm right there), it has to esp hard. Just looking for work period is tough.
It's really good that she is willing to talk about it at all. Says alot about you. Listen all you can, I can't imagine she feels very good about herself right now.
I came home from work on Saturday and my W made me dinner. That was the first time she cooked for us in 6 months. One of my employees feels that this was to thank me for taking her on Friday. We went to the play. It was really good. The high school kids put on a better production(Lost in Yonkers) than a professional version that we had seen a few years ago. We went back to our friends house after the show for coffee/tea. Their son was the producer/director of the show(senior in high school).
Sunday I got up early to go to another swim meet. I had a great time at the meet. Was talking to the other officials(two women) about the book "The five Love Languages". They thought that the book was interesting and they were going to get it for Valentines Day presents for their Husbands. I have to say I have noticed a change in my W since she read the book. I don't know if it is coincidence or if she is really trying since we have identified our different languages. After the meet I went to the super bowl party I was pretty late and didn't get there until the fourth quarter. My W was talking to friends. She told me later she had a good time but didn't watch any of the game.(I was not surprised) Spoke to my D23 this morning and I told her I had a good weekend. She said she knew, I said how? She said she had spoken to my W, so I found this kind of interesting. So we seem to be slowly reconnecting. I guess the scary part for me is how to keep my expectations down and not to push too much. I am still not sure if this is real or if it is memorex? There definitly is baby steps in the right direction though. I guess I just have to keep following my gut and see what it all brings.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
