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A Friend with a Couch

Posted on October 4, 2012 7 Comments

couch therapy
I sink into her couch for a long session.

This is my therapy, this chaos of familiarity.

Sitting here on her comfy couch with the marks and stains of a busy family, while our seven kids play around us.

We talk, and talk, about anything and everything.

We laugh. We roll our eyes. We commiserate. We plan. We disagree. We share.

I always over-stay. Always. But if she minds, she is kind enough not to let on.

I am constantly relieved that our kids all get along. There are many differences and changes and it could so easily be different.. yet they slot in and out of each other’s play without too many dramas or difficulties.

This couch, this place, that is ‘out of the house’ enough to let me breathe, but not so ‘out’ that I need to worry about washing the toddlers face or if my jeans have a hole in the arse, this is what keeps me sane right now.

This is what I am most thankful for today – a friend with a couch.

{image: from passukaru76 via flickr}

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  1. Marita says

    God bless friends with couches. I visited one today and have one coming to see us tomorrow. They are invaluable.

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  2. katesaysstuff says

    Love this post so much. xox

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  3. JDaniel4's Mom says

    Time with friends to chat, vent and laugh is so important.

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  4. Nic says

    Yes, couldn’t live without them. Had a good one today, feel wonderful because of it.

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  5. Jode says

    Lovely post Kate…i really need to make more time for friends with couches!

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  6. Kylez...aka...Mrs.P says

    Yep, I have a friend just like that and it is such a relief and definitely something I am super thankful for aswell.

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    October 10, 2014 at 11:06 am

    […] in my life who parents in a similar way to me and who has children of a similar age. Spending an afternoon on her couch is the best kind of therapy there is and it always makes me feel better. Just realising you are not […]

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