Oh gosh, I've been gone for so long I'm not quite up to date with you honey.
Is there a reason why you aren't there already? Why you're waiting until December?

It IS real hard to lean on someone who isn't physically there, and maybe that's what's going on with her.

I'm so sorry she's got such a lot of stuff going on in her life right now, tough stuff, life and death stuff for the most part. That much attention to her life here might be what keeps her from leaning on you as well....the fact that she may not have a lot of time TO lean on someone else. She sounds like a tough cookie though.

I guess I'd just keep encouraging her to lean on you, let her know that you WANT her to do that if she needs to.

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