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My darling,
Your letter was a great solace to me even though it brought bad news. You cannot come I know till you feel you can come with an easy mind and I thought it would be surprising if you could get away in a fortnight …
I cannot get on much with my book because I keep being distracted by wanting to write the article1 on the Eissler book2 when I'm trying to write mine and vice versa.
I think we have all got together and know each other a bit better, not least because the children miss you and can realize more how
Published in the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 47 (2, 1952) [Volume VI].
, Medical Orthodoxy and the Future of Psychoanalysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1965).
much you do and how much you have to do if you have to be at Wells Rise because of alterations to my consulting room. I am sure they learn a lot by having to clean up, cook etc. I think you'll find them very grown up even if it is a short time. Because a week or so's detached view makes it easier to focus.
And how are you my darling? You really ought to put in a week here in October, doing nothing but sleep and rest. And no sooner do I write that than I realize how ridiculous it is to say so and how unlikely you would ever be to do nothing even if you could. There is something in it though – I think you will find you can leave it more and more to the good judgement of the children to carry not only more of the responsibility for their own affairs, but also for some of the lighter part of yours …