Two things happened of interest today. First, Elliott and Freya met up for lunch, the first time they have come together without any pretense of business between them. Freya’s laptop did make it to the top of Elliott’s list, and he returned it to her personally last week, at which point they spent more than an hour talking, to the point that Freya’s boss had to stop in and remind her about a meeting. Freya considered the mild reprimand well…
I should have known better, really. I have learned in these past months that when Brid tells me one of our charges is not ready for something, she is usually right. Still, I can’t help but think that we have managed to salvage the situation—that some good has come out of the storm. Brid will not tell me what she thinks, as she is still angry with me for disregarding her advice, but I think that when she has forgiven…
Well, it is official. Gabrielle and Nick are getting a divorce. She went to get the paperwork yesterday. It is strange for me—I would never have thought that I would help to facilitate a separation like this, let alone one so soon after two people came together. It goes against so much of what I have learned as a Cupid. And yet, I stand by the decision. Already Gabrielle is sleeping better, though she has only Victoria’s lumpy couch for…
I have not written much about Anna these past weeks, because her life has been quiet. She goes to work, to church, and to bible study. Over one weekend she went to visit her parents and came home with a box of books from her mother, who was cleaning out their house. She’s even made good friends with a few girls from bible study, and sometimes she will go out with them for drinks or for coffee. It has been…
Sometimes all it takes is a small push, and events begin to run together, closer and closer and faster and faster. It would be easier if the exciting and troubling moments were more spread out, but that is not the way things are. So here we are! Just as she promised, Gabrielle went back to the apartment to meet Nick yesterday. He was waiting for her, and though he spent much of Saturday switching back and forth from anger to…
Today was a very difficult day for Gabrielle. Both Inca and I were with her for the entire ordeal, and while we both agree that she did a beautiful job, it has left its mark on her spirit. But I am getting ahead of myself. Tonight was supposed to be a date night for Gabrielle and Nick. She had other plans. When Nick came home from the park, where he had met a group of his friends for a game…
Hannah has been doing very well lately. She misses Jack, who is giving his attention to Lily as she settles into his home. However, they keep in touch with text messages, and it is clear that each often returns to the other’s mind, which I find very encouraging. She’s kept herself busy, though—or rather, busier than she usually is. Up until this point, her education and her career has been directed toward her intention of going into practice as a…
Today’s work was easy and quickly done—Hannah, Anna, and Freya are all in fallow periods of their relationships, while Allen and Lewis have yet to form the bonds that would truly make a lasting connection. As for Gabrielle, she has all but made her decision. It has taken her some time, because once the dreaded word is spoken aloud, it cannot be unsaid. I have been counseling caution, but it does seem that this will be a battle she chooses…
Sabasa and I have, through unspoken agreement, checked in with Allen at different times over the past few days, so there has been little interaction between us since the night Allen met with Megan. But today, we could not avoid one another, for Allen called Megan after work and asked her to come over to his house to see what he’s done already. I was determined not to be confrontational, but as Inca had advised, I had chosen my battle,…
There are some things that take time. For these things there are no shortcuts, no easy ways through—one must simply have patience and trust and keeping moving forward, one step at a time. It is always thus for anyone who wishes to make a significant change to themselves, and Brid assures me that healing is always that way. So today I went with Lewis and Brid to his weekly appointment with his therapist. Dr. Christensen is quite a fascinating person.…