I was at a community event in a crowd of people. I turned around and there she was! We both said hi and went our separate ways for quite a while. After I fed my kids at this event, a couple of my family members watched my kids, so I could have some socializing time. I talked to some friends (while drinking beer...probably not my best idea). I didn't have too much, so I wasn't drunk, but I was buzzing. Anyway, I saw former T talking with a a few guys. I was brave enough (due to the beer?) to approach former T and thank her for guiding me and being there for me. We had a great friendly discussion. She introduced me to her adult sons and asked how my kids were. Then, asked where my kids were seeing as she saw them with me about 30 minutes before I started talking with her. I felt a hint of therapy type questions, but other than that it was general chit chat about my T schooling and her social calendar of events for the summer. She asked about my social life. I just shook my head and said something about not having much of one.
Former T gave me that boost of confidence that I needed that day about school. It was wonderful to see her and talk with her! I didn't get a hug, but that's ok. I felt like our conversation came to an awkward end due to a disruption. I am still wishing that she could be my mentor and that we could do mentor/mentee type of things on a regular basis.
This what I found on the internet...
From the American Psychological Association web page on mentoring...
Successful mentorships often evolve into friendships with both partners learning and providing support for the other.
Later that night I did something I didn't think I would ever do and I Facebook messaged former T! The beer was long out of my system, so it wasn't that. Also, it wasn't a friend request...it was just a message. I had this urge to just let former T know that I enjoyed our conversation, to have a great summer and that I was getting back to studying and writing for school. I never expected her to message back. The next morning she messaged back that she enjoyed our conversation as well and basically good luck with school. I has so happy that she messaged back!
