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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 598689" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>You did the right thing, Nomad.</p><p></p><p>It is so hard to know what to do.</p><p></p><p>The love you feel for your child shines through every word of your post.</p><p></p><p>This is what Recovering posted to me once, and it helped me. "Pray for your child, and envision placing her in God's hands."</p><p></p><p>This helped me on two levels, Nomad. I could envision my child, safe. For just that one, fleeting moment, the terror I live in over whether difficult child is living or dead, whether she is being beat, and by whom, whether she cries for me, for the safety I represent, when it's happening...all those feelings are calmed, just for an instant, just long enough for me to pick up the burden myself, again. And thoughts of God, of mysteries we don't understand and purposes we cannot comprehend...helps me trust, helps me believe that maybe there is some purpose to all this.</p><p></p><p>Once again, those thoughts leave me feeling just a little stronger. Just strong enough to keep going.</p><p></p><p>Hugs, Nomad. We are all part of a mystery we don't understand.</p><p></p><p>We have to have something to hold onto.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes?</p><p></p><p>We only have each other.</p><p></p><p>And that has to be enough.</p><p></p><p>Barbara </p><p></p><p>P.S. Sending special thoughts for your husband, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 598689, member: 1721"] You did the right thing, Nomad. It is so hard to know what to do. The love you feel for your child shines through every word of your post. This is what Recovering posted to me once, and it helped me. "Pray for your child, and envision placing her in God's hands." This helped me on two levels, Nomad. I could envision my child, safe. For just that one, fleeting moment, the terror I live in over whether difficult child is living or dead, whether she is being beat, and by whom, whether she cries for me, for the safety I represent, when it's happening...all those feelings are calmed, just for an instant, just long enough for me to pick up the burden myself, again. And thoughts of God, of mysteries we don't understand and purposes we cannot comprehend...helps me trust, helps me believe that maybe there is some purpose to all this. Once again, those thoughts leave me feeling just a little stronger. Just strong enough to keep going. Hugs, Nomad. We are all part of a mystery we don't understand. We have to have something to hold onto. Sometimes? We only have each other. And that has to be enough. Barbara P.S. Sending special thoughts for your husband, too. [/QUOTE]
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