Thanks to some of your comments and some thoughts of my own, I’m realizing that the “mother” figure which is our ultimate role model need not come from any one person. In fact, it would probably be very difficult and unrealistic of me to expect to get everything I need in the sense of nurturing, support and modeling, from just one person. That would imply that one person is perfect and that’s just not true.
Along those lines, I actually called my step-mother not long after my post on Friday morning. Her response was intelligent and favorable. She felt honored that I asked and then she asked me what I might expect from her. Smart lady. 😉 So, I had a lovely half-hour conversation with her, gained some additional insights into my developing relationship with my Florida dad and recorded her email address for future use. Later that day, I called my dad and talked with him for 40 minutes. I think that’s a new record for us and we even had some freely emotional moments. We also agreed that we will get together sometime very soon and talk through some of the lingering past issues so that we can really move on and start with a clean slate. This will likely happen next weekend. Quite an eventful time I’m experiencing right now.
On the stitching front, I am nearing completion on the model I received a couple of weeks ago. As of Friday night, I was at the half-way mark. Now, I am more than 75% finished. My personal goal is to complete it by the end of the day tomorrow (end of July) and have it in the mail to the designer Tuesday morning.
And so, I am off to continue stitching!
