Some kind of accomplishment

Mental Health

To be fair to her, Geraldine's conversation style had a very particular internal logic that made perfect sense to her and which she in fact cultivated with extreme care for its own sake, hoping, naturally, that someone would recognize her accomplishments and the reasons behind them, but resigned to the strong possibility that no one ever would. 

To be fair to everyone else, Geraldine's way of speaking was opaque and flowed a bit like long-expired molasses.