Back into attachment

Went to hear Gordon Neufeld tonight, author that I wrote about a few entries back now. Even today, I was reminded of attachment. I put Ash in the shower (but without "collecting" her first - that was a mistake of ignoring attachment). She fought me all throughout the shower, then fought and hit me through the drying off. I wrapped her in the towel and held her so she couldn't hit me. I asked her if she wanted me to go away while she calmed down or stay with her.

With fierce anger in her voice, she cried, "I want you to stay with me!!!"

There was nothing new tonight that I hadn't read in the book, but it was really good to get an overall refresher and remember - oh yeah, that's what's working, and those are the areas I still need to work on.

While Gordon focuses on parent and child relationships, he points out that attachment is everywhere, including our adult relationships like our marriages and our workplace relationships. And I realized, that's essentially what happened for me church-wise. I realized I wasn't attached there anymore.

I ran into an old friend from Bible College - who, of course, is coming to a place of reexamining church and life, finding balance and relationship. Why do I get the feeling I'm going to keep running into people who are feeling the same way we do?