I also love your description of the dialogue and concessions that have been a part of your experience of feeling angry and frustrated; it’s a great reminder that even within strong emotional experience there is sometimes room for give-and-take.

Anger is a very threatening emotion for me—my tendency is to feel any other feeling first, because anger is so scary—but with time I’m coming to understand how important it is, too. There’s a lot to be said for giving oneself over to it, and it’s funny how resolutions and release can flow from there. The outcomes you describe with the Vet’s office bring that point home, for me. And I celebrate your continued postcard writing.

XOXO