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continues to carry Peter9s values with her in her life today, and how on special
days she wears Peter9s necklace8.
The clock is ticking, and we9re nearing the end of our conversation. It strikes me. I
wonder what Peter would say about these worries, which are still a part of Mia9s
life, and which today have led her back into the therapy room she has spent so
much of her life in. I wonder what he might say, perhaps something different and
more insightful than the one-sided view that worries should just go away, a
perspective I initially found myself captivated by. And I wonder what it might
mean if Peter could become a more present part of Mia9s life than all the
therapists she has spoken with over the years, including myself.
Back at the computer, my opening words practically write themselves, because
one of the things I love most is when I get the chance to write letters from
someone other than myself.
I enjoy working with other people9s voices rather than my own, because they
usually contain a wisdom of life that I could never even begin to fathom on my
own.
I also enjoy working with others9 perspectives on the values they share with
people, things, and places that matter to them.
It9s as if there9s something more they can come to know when we give voice to
their descriptions of the significant other.
Thus, over time, I have written letters from teddy bears, girlfriends from my
younger years, and even the Star Wars character Yoda once found his voice in a
letter.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I have amplified and enhanced
what the other person was able to say about themselves by articulating the
perspective of a significant other.
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