I’ve noticed for days (Saturday sleepover notwithstanding) that the connections between Laura and I have been fading. When I go to visit we have very little to say to each other. We picky through minutia and then exist until I leave. She has no interest in intimacy right now and there’s little that we can safely talk about. If she or I talk about the kids she quickly gets overwhelmed or upset. If she talks about what she’s doing it is all nebulous and subject to change at any time – there’s nothing concrete besides eating and sleeping.
I don’t know if the best course is to allow her to keep going until she recognizes the need to actually connect with the rest of the world or if I should be doing something more than be available to help her connect with something eternal outside herself.
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