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The Power of Being Seen

Original Post (Feb 2020) It is a lazy, late February morning, the last Sunday in February this year.  I am puttering around the kitchen putting away things, straightening, enjoying my lukewarm lemon pepper water detox.  Well, I am enjoying the morning, maybe not the lukewarm lemon pepper detox water. It has been a very long time since I have felt seen, and recently, I met a man who has done just that.  So far, I feel stable, like I can take a long, slow approach and not try to pin my hopes and dreams on one person.  I was so afraid of jumping back in to the dating world.  The ending of my marriage was 20 years ago in July of this year.... 20 years; and in that time, I have only casually dated and never had a long term intimate relationship.  I worked really hard to be a strong presence for my  daughters, to build a future that I could inhabit alone, on my own terms. I won't lie; I'm terrified.  Personal and intimate relationships are so difficult ...