Posted by vwoolf on August 1, 2004, at 14:02:54
In reply to A friend that I have never stopped searching for, posted by Shadowplayers721 on August 1, 2004, at 1:31:13
I’ve been feeling the same sort of heart-wrenching grief over the last few days for a high school teacher I had when I was about 16. She was very intellectual, but warm and accepting, and she gave me the unconditional care and acceptance I had never had. She was the only adult who ever acted as a parent to me while I was still a child. When I fell into a deep depression, she was the only person to notice and have any insight into what was happening to me. Once, when I was off school for a few days, she jumped into her car and came to my house to see what had happened to me – she evidently didn’t feel that I was protected and safe at home (quite rightly). I wish she had been able to help me more.
I telephoned my old school on Friday, and they have given me her number. I really want to telephone her, but I am sort of scared of what I will find. So many years have passed. Do you think I should contact her? What would you do if you managed to trace your old friend?
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