Tigresa gave me a beautiful and very flattering letter for my birthday. Its the sort of thing someone might say at a funeral except that I get to read it now when I'm alive, which I think is much better ;)

Unlike at a funeral, there is always the fear that I may disillusion her, that some other element of my personality which she does not like so much may come to her attention and make her decide that its not all worthwhile, or some other fearful thing of that nature.

But that probably won't happen, and even in the off chance that it does, the possibility is no excuse not to enjoy the moment now :)

Relationships of all kinds have always been a source of stress for me. I've never been so good at handling people and have tended to be rather fearful of them. But as I get to understand them better I learn that there are very few evil masterminds out there, and that most people most of the time really do just want to be happy, and any negative impacts they have on me are almost always residual rather than personal.

So, while I've still got a ways to go, I've come a long way, and this letter was a reminder of that. I liked the person she described, and not only that, but I thought it was a thoughtful and accurate description :)

It was a really great present, thank you :)