Still cleaning out email. I found this one from when I was on bedrest. Basically it was me explaining to a friend that I was pretty ticked at a few folks, and how, IF the baby survived, they weren't to bother with visiting...
"I read a great line in a fiction book the other day. It was about a woman whose husband had died 8 months earlier, and she was at a function that they had attended yearly. Another woman approaches her and starts going on about how sorry she was that she never called, connected, she was sorry about the other woman’s loss etc – and finally the widow looks at her and says “Well, you should be sorry. You live less then 20 minutes away. And don’t approach me now and ruin my good time because you feel guilty. This time has made me evaluate my friendships and I don’t have room in my life for people like you."
I have to say. Over a year plus later I STILL really appreciate that sentiment. Not even about Ellie but about people who approach you after the fact to apologize for something, to tell you something, whatever - when you are just like "Hey, don't interfere with MY day just to get something off your chest. Now's not the time."
anyway, good lesson for anyone. Note to self.
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