Two

My job coach immediately reassured me. We’ll continue our journey together. We’re not giving up.

It’s not that I don’t trust him, I do, I know he’s honest, but after a few days I still had to ask him bravely if he wasn’t going to say goodbye on Monday after all? Was he sure we were still a team?

Too often I had experienced professionals filling me with false hope when things went south. “Don’t worry! Together, we will…” Well intended, I’m sure, but those reassuring words were not always backed up by action. It only hurt more when I discovered a week later that what sounded like support actually meant I was on my own.

Not this time.

His reply followed almost immediately:

We’re still a team.

I know I’m allowed to ask it again tomorrow. And next week. I don’t have to find the strength to keep going and confront the negative past experiences all by myself.

Thank god, because dealing with the side effects already takes up enough of my energy.