Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

I’m not sure how to address you. Friend? Former friend? Client?

It’s difficult to define the parameters of our relationship. I’m not a practicing therapist, and you’re not my client.

But I did act, in a nonprofessional capacity, as your… wailing wall? Maybe mentor would be a good word, but our conversations weren’t goal oriented.

All I can say is: You cried for help, and I was there to listen.