--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: <snip> > > It does sound like your mother was making a move > > toward getting herself ready to go, in shedding > > her clothing--her outermost layer, as it were. > > Hadn't thought of it that way. certainly she seems less involved > with the here and now...
Sure, unconscious symbolic gesture, I bet. You might see if you can get her talking, not necessarily have a rational discussion, more in terms of images and metaphors of leaving. Ask her if she's had any interesting dreams, or tell her one of yours (make one up if you need to), see if that primes the pump. Obviously if she resists or starts getting agitated or doesn't respond, you wouldn't want to push it, but sometimes people *want* to talk about the impending journey but don't know how to start, or whether they have "permission" to do so. Doesn't have to make a lot of sense or have deep philosophical meaning, nor does it even have to be explicit. Actually your brother could probably use some of that about now as well. Does he talk about his feelings at all? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
