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Monday, September 14, 2009

Mija

I went to my first counseling session today. How absolutely terrifying. It must have been obvious, because my counselor said I looked uncomfortable. LOL. Very.

But it was good.

There is a beautiful cashier in Wall's Sam's Place. She calls me mija. I know I'm not the only one, that she calls everyone that, but I feel incredibly honored nonetheless. I wish I knew her name. I suppose I could ask, but that would be weird. It's weird enough that I'm writing about her in a blog.

I absolutely love it when people refer to non-blood relations as family members. When people call each other cousin, sister, daughter, etc...

In Spanish, hija means daughter. Mija means my daughter.

2 comments:

  1. Tracey, I did not know that (mija).
    That's actually really cool.

    If you don't mind me asking, who is your counselor?
    I was really terrified when I went to my first one too...but Erin, my counselor, was very supportive, and as it turned out, I actually knew her from some events we had participated in together.

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  2. I think so, too. :) I came across "mija" from several different stories... I've never heard it in real life until now.

    I don't mind at all. I'm not sure, but we may have the same counselor. Her name is Erin, but I'm not clear on her last name. The first day I spoke to Erin Snyder, but my actual counselor is the other Erin.
    So it got better? Right now I'm really dreading it. When I think about it (the whole issue in general), I feel so tired from thinking about it that I just want to forget about it and totally ignore it. Erin was really nice, but I can't help but still feel really apprehensive about it, too.

    I really appreciate the comment, Great Laura. <3

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