I came eight months after my husband died, convinced I should be over it. Helen never once suggested I should be. I talked about him for weeks and it was the first time since the funeral anybody had let me.
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Six of a hundred and twelve.
We nearly cancelled the first session in the car outside. Dafydd was calm, fair and very hard to argue in front of. Fourteen sessions later we argue less and better, which is what we came for.
The first two sessions were practical and that alone got me sleeping again. Then we got to the real stuff. I was on the sliding scale and nobody made me feel like a charity case.
Video sessions fitted round two small children when nothing else would. The connection dropped twice and Helen rang straight back both times as agreed. I would have liked a few more evening slots.
We referred a member of staff after a death in the school community. She was seen within ten days, we were told the dates and nothing else, and she came back to work on her own terms.
Fifty-eight and never told anyone anything. Dafydd did not make a fuss about that. Somewhere around session six I realised I was looking forward to Thursdays.
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