My daughter and I just spent 5 days in the beautiful historic Cinque Terre villages in Italy. The dazzling light, the torquoise sea and the historic colourful buildings squeezed into rocky crevaces or clinging to promontories with the crashing waves below, was almost too beautiful.
My daughter and I have always been extremely close and often holiday together. We have both had stressful periods in our lives recently for separate reasons. Time spent together on this holiday lead to many deep, soul searching and often painful conversations.
"Tread carefully for you tread on my dreams" seemed very apt at times.
I am now struggling a little since returning home. We are a greater support than ever to each other. Having cried together, when crying has been difficult for me, has been very releasing, but so has expressing anger to each other at times. The closeness now has an additional honesty which has helped the small, lingering sore places to heal.
No, although it was a wonderful experience, I did not return feeling even better than ever and that I was further along the road to recovery. I have come back having learnt something else instead which perhaps this website has also been trying to teach me. My natural positivity is great and has carried me through, but it is OK to let myself feel ill and down sometimes as well. Feeling the pain and staying with it is also part of the healing process.
Thanks
Kim
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