Some days I do well filling people's boots with love. Some days less so.
I don't claim to know vast amounts about addictions, but I found this article interesting
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-real-cause-of-addicti_b_6506936.html
It makes sense to me that what folk need is love songs. My only caveat is that I guess that we can end up blaming ourselves if our loved ones don't lose their need for their addictions - does it mean we didn't love them enough/create enough of a loving environment/help them bond with us??
The Fridays that he is at choir, there is a tenor who asks me how my week was. I hope he knows me as a mainly positive person, but each week it feels a struggle to sum up my week in an uplifting word. I feel it's important to be honest so I often say it's been difficult, at best I manage 'mixed'. I wonder if I need to change my expectations. Maybe every week just will inevitably include challenges, frustrations, loss, death, doubt, fear, shouting, disappointments and more challenges. Each week will also contain loveliness - this week I have enjoyed a book group meal out, I've had unexpected texts and emails from friends thinking of me. I've had time to read and I even got a kiss at parents evening last night. If it's all about how we see, hopefully if he asks tonight I can tell him the week has been beautiful.
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