Good struggles

It's amazing how even brief chats two nights in a row lifts my spirits. Just to know that he makes the effort to say hi means so much. I'm more than willing to wait as patiently as I can while he works through this. My own struggles with depression make this empathy all too easy. Of course being me, now the struggle is with knowing there isn't really anything I can do help or to make things better. All I can do is wait and care and hope. To me, that is the hardest part of having someone close to you who is very depressed. No matter how much you would love to take on some of that burden, all you can do is stand by and be supportive to the core of your being.