I ain't missing you at all.

Yes.


A phone call from my best friend sends me into waves of tears and grief.

She still talkes with me as freely as she did before I moved, before.. something in me just changed.

She has no care about my past, how it is still in my face, or how I am 800 miles from her.

She was/is my spiritual mentor.
Our lives have taken decidedly diffrent paths. We have very little in common anymore.

But she knows me and is always questioning why I am still where I am.

Why Im not in a home.
Why I am rolling over on many things.
Why I have stepped away from my religion.
And why Im not closer to her. hehe

To her, I am still " Mel", all powerfull, loving, special.. Mel...

>sigh<

Wow.

<thinking>

I think I do....as in some very special colleagues....but I kind of brush their belief off..because it does not fit my cognitive set.

ANOTHER thought provoking post, Boomer...


You realise you're gonna hafta pay for MY therapy now?

Wow, boomer, this is kinda eerie. I've been thinking about my mentor A LOT lately.
I've been missing him something awful.
I think may have been sparked bc I am feel happy and full of potential again: and I know he'd be here beaming and proud.
He'd smile without surprise and say "I always you knew you'd do it"
And I'd say 'Yup. I know."

My stepdad. There just aren't enough men like that in the world. Unfortunately, he passed away the december before last.

You should see your mentor again. That'd be awesome.

Yes. Oh yes, I do.

We lost touch for many years, but reconnected about 7 years ago. It's an extraordinary story. Maybe one day I will share it here. It would take about half the bandwidth of the site, though.

We are close friends now. Next to my husband, he is the best friend I have. Even though we e-mail back and forth all the time, I don't get to see him very often. But I'm planning a trip to Dominica in July with him and his wife. I can hardly wait.

Go, boomer! Do it! Pack your bags! Do not miss this opportunity!

I didn't mean to ditch the thread but I was totally steam rolled by some kind of virus last night. I was fine then BAM. Jeez Louise.

I sent an email off to Mentor's wife this morning saying that I would love to take them up on their invitation to visit. It was such a lovely surprise to hear from him/them.

Mentors are interesting and it is really so wonderful when you are able to recognize them for what they are. I'm thinking that perhaps the drifiting away and coming around is part of the process judging by what I'm reading here.

It is very cool that your mentor was your stepdad, flushed. Your post is what pushed me over the edge to send an email this morning. Like I said, my mentor is old and ill and unable to travel and I really should not miss the opportunity to see him.

shwolf and Eva, I hope you'll come back and share a bit more about your mentors and how they effected your lives. I have felt a strong sense that I should mentor too and I do try to despite my own shakey legs. I guess it is a kind of pay it forward idea.

dlowan, quit brushing them off!

(I'll just write that check out to myself!)

Fr. Joseph Caselli, SDB.
The wisest man I ever met.
Luckily, I had the chance to see him again several times before he died.
His memory was failing and that was very hard on a man of his intellect.
But he was still Fr. Casselli.

Requiescat in pace.

I knew someone like that once. She got me to where I am today, then went totally bughouse nuts. I was put in the awkward position of trying to protect my people from her worst excesses. I like to think I handled the situation with tact (something for which I am not noted) and diplomacy, but it was SUCH a relief when her entire job classification was let go. She moved up north and I've only heard from her once in 10 years. Kinda sad, really.

The short answer is no. But I've had people along the way who did believe in me enough to get to me to the next step.

Enjoy the trip, boomer.

bm

Boomer, I am so happy you decided to go!!
Can't wait to hear the story.
Oh geez, you're gonna make me cry

I've had people who believed in me but nothing even close to a mentor.

I wish I had someone like that... it gets tiring having to provide support to myself and sometimes people look at me like I'm crazy when I'm talking to myself.

I'm not sure when I'll be going but it will hopefully be fairly soon.

I've had people who helped along the way but this guy launched me and it was sheer dumb luck that I met him at all - one of those know a guy who knows a guy whose looking for someone.... kind of deals.

I would no doubt be stumbling around if I hadn't been that lucky. I am still dumbfounded that he seemed to recognize any potential in me.

We're not.


Have a lovely meeting.

Awwww man.

<sniff>

We love and believe in our Boomer, whoever We is. Go for it (as I see you are, good)..


I've had not one mentor but batches of semimentors. (If you have a scatterbrain, who is her mentor? A selection of mentors for you...)

Im part of the 'we'

A part of "we" checking in, and hugging Boomer tight.

It's lovely. Cherishing it with you, sweetie.

Make it soon, boomer. Don't let the chance slip away.

I know how it feels. Mine launched me, too. He was a life preserver at a time when I was sinking, but he never knew it. Years later, when we reconnected, I told him. Then, unbelievably, I had the indescribable pleasure of being able to do the same thing for him. It all came full circle. I love him dearly. We are the best of friends.

Another hug from one of the "we."