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Both my girls were home for dinner
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 552938"><p>I am so happy for you. I have learned - thanks to you all - to treasure those moments. And I know that it is oh so poignant and heart warming to get a glimpse of your beloved little girl inside of the difficult child. </p><p></p><p>As you know, my difficult child has been home for a week and has been on his best behavior. He leaves to go back to his apartment tomorrow. Hearing him laugh with my easy child, trade football "war stories" and Geometry tricks, empty the dishwasher unbidden, carry the groceries in and unpack them and most of all: watching him rise up to be the role model/hero/big brother to his little brother has warmed my soul.(They've share a special bond forever and PC15 really looked up to him for a long time. difficult child always took the responsibility of being a good role model very seriously until he didn't any more) I know it won't last- actually saw him bristle a little last night. I feel the dread at the edges of the joy, knowing that the side I am seeing of difficult child isn't the side he shows the world and isn't how he sees himself. And I feel like a hypocrite. </p><p></p><p>But my H has taught me to enjoy it in the here and now. Take the happiness in the moment. Like your daughter, my ds was home and HIMSELF and I got to be his mother again and it was lovely for now. </p><p></p><p>And once again - for all of our difficult children - I think that it's a really good sign that they show this side to us. To me - in the little corner of my heart it means that all is not lost. Even if it just means that they care enough to fake it and care enough not to let the bond break completely. They are gone, but they are looking back.</p><p></p><p>Love you Nancy, so glad you had moments of mother daughter joy with your difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 552938"] I am so happy for you. I have learned - thanks to you all - to treasure those moments. And I know that it is oh so poignant and heart warming to get a glimpse of your beloved little girl inside of the difficult child. As you know, my difficult child has been home for a week and has been on his best behavior. He leaves to go back to his apartment tomorrow. Hearing him laugh with my easy child, trade football "war stories" and Geometry tricks, empty the dishwasher unbidden, carry the groceries in and unpack them and most of all: watching him rise up to be the role model/hero/big brother to his little brother has warmed my soul.(They've share a special bond forever and PC15 really looked up to him for a long time. difficult child always took the responsibility of being a good role model very seriously until he didn't any more) I know it won't last- actually saw him bristle a little last night. I feel the dread at the edges of the joy, knowing that the side I am seeing of difficult child isn't the side he shows the world and isn't how he sees himself. And I feel like a hypocrite. But my H has taught me to enjoy it in the here and now. Take the happiness in the moment. Like your daughter, my ds was home and HIMSELF and I got to be his mother again and it was lovely for now. And once again - for all of our difficult children - I think that it's a really good sign that they show this side to us. To me - in the little corner of my heart it means that all is not lost. Even if it just means that they care enough to fake it and care enough not to let the bond break completely. They are gone, but they are looking back. Love you Nancy, so glad you had moments of mother daughter joy with your difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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