Turtle Goddess she of the hard shell soft

[reachingHigher]

Wow mizjjd, that's so beautiful! The whole poem speaks to me, as now that we are into this life -- MLCish M, as sometimes I feel like I also fall prey to the call of midlife transition and crisis ... I hear the call from both sides now!

In the poem I love the "darkest night" as there have been a few in my life, now including H.
Also, "I am not who I was" which is true for me as well as H. I shouldn't have been so judgmental of him!

Yes, I'm exhausted, and today, a bit down and depressed too.

I feel like I need an internal refreshment somehow. It's different from when I was standing in limbo. I'm not standing any more, sitting, more like. And I do think this M will last if I don't falter and screw it up. I do feel like my H, changed as he is, will stay. I'm just sort of shell-shocked.

I don't think DB coach will help at this point. So...maybe just giving myself a break, as you said, and doing some internal pampering?

Thanks for the poem. It's so lovely. I needed that today!