I went to my friend Laura’s annual spa party yesterday – she gets all her friends together for her birthday to have massages, manicures, and other fun stuff for her birthday. I had way more fun than I did last year. This year she had Jen, a wonderful caricature artist, doing caricatures for us! Jen did a fabulous job of portraying me at the future golden retriever ranch!
It amazes me to watch my recovery from the events of the past that traumatized my relationships with other people so much. I’m finally getting to the point of becoming more open with people – even joking about some of the things that happened with my experiences with bipolar disorder. I brought it up while Jen was doing this portrait in fact, and found out her ex-husband was bipolar, so she understood very well what I had gone through with the manic highs and deep, dark lows.
We all have areas of our lives that we would prefer to hide from most other people. But when you find someone you can be open about those things with, it is such a breath of fresh air. It was great to have that experience yesterday, and a great massage, and actually enjoy a good time around a bunch of women.
Perhaps there is hope for more good women friendships in the future, as I let go of the fears of my past.
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Hi Donna,
Didn’t know you had suffered from bipolar disorder. Glad to see you back in the saddle again!
i struggle with this as well (being open and forming new relationships w/ women.) but the spa party sounds like it was lovely. 🙂