--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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?
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