Yesterday I wrote this message to Sandy:
It is with great sadness I suggest perhaps it is best that we should part ways, at least for now. I wish you and your family well and many blessings. May you find peace love and healing. You will always have a place in my heart.
I wasn't exaggerating when I said "with great sadness." After I wrote it I started crying again (I had cried buckets full yesterday morning). Also when I said she has a place in heart that wasn't an exaggeration either. I really believed I loved her with my whole heart. But I believe I have to protect myself and my inner children (I believe I carry within myself a little Jeff and a little Jackie within me). I feel one of my core wounds is abandonment. I feel I was abandoned emotionally by my Dad, I was abandoned by Rhiannan when she unfriended me (after 12 years of friendship). I feel Sandy abandoned me as well. My inner children feel that. They don't understand reasons or excuses, they just know and feel that, once again, they are being abandoned. Once again their little hearts are breaking from it. It is my job to protect them. Even if that means ending relationships or potential relationships. Knowing Sandy's history with me, I felt it was a safe bet that the same thing would happen again.
If I had the opportunity, I would love to tell her how I feel, what I believe about what's going on with her and me, even what I believe is going on within her. It may be unconscious, but I believe it is happening.
If I had this chance, I would tell her I need time blocked out on her schedule, no work, no John, no family, no house, nothing short of an emergency. That I would need her full undivided attention. Once I had that, I would tell her:
I feel you're triggering my abandonment core wounds
I feel you're running away from me every time I would get close or get intimate, that it was much more than John or being afraid of hurting him
You told me you were ok with doing tantra with me, with doing the Isis ritual with me, with sleeping in the same bed with me, then all of a sudden all of that changed, our whole relationship changed multiple times.
I made myself vulnerable to you but you ran away when we could get close
I shared my dreams and I honestly believed you were going to be a part of the fulfillment of those dreams
I believed in us, I visualized it multiple times, many, many times
I believe there is inner work that you haven't done and that is why you are running away
You are making yourself even busier so you won't have to address these issues, so you don't have time
I felt like I was last in importance in your life, I was always the one who got dropped if something came up. That made me feel not very important to you.
I tried bringing up things before our break but you said I was trying to manipulate you. I honestly was not trying to manipulate you but communicate with you how I was feeling and prevent any breakdowns or misinformation in communication and otherwise promote communication in the relationship.
I do miss our conversations and got a great deal from them.
I honestly hope you are well and that your family is well. I wish blessings upon you and your family.