Dear Yours:

So very good to read from you again!

Remember you saying it was difficult for you to stand up for yourself? To stand up for yourself doesn’t mean only when conflict with another comes up. In the context here, it means you expressing to him how you feel about him leaving in two weeks. It is making your emotions heard (as in standing up) instead of silent.

The way to stand up for yourself emotionally is not to just vent or complain, cry and so forth. Instead tell him how you feel in a way that shows him (and yourself) that you respect yourself even in moments of feeling fear, or weakness.

Does this make sense to you, to honestly and respectfully tell him how you feel about him leaving?

anita