I spent much of the day today with my mom. The wonderful thing about moms (at least mine), is that you can talk with them about things you are wrestling with that you would rather not discuss with anyone else.
As it happens, my mom is a particularly level headed person, so I always have a better handle on how to deal with problems after talking things through with her. And today has been no exception.
It’s not that the problems actually go away, of course. It’s more that they become easier to understand. In particular, after talking with my mom today I have a much better handle on that always tricky question: “How much of this problem was caused by me, and how much of it was caused by somebody else?”
It turns out that in this case, it’s pretty much the latter. Which from my perpective is always good news. In any case, I feel unburdened.