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difficult child out of the house - Day 3
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<blockquote data-quote="DazedandConfused" data-source="post: 37785" data-attributes="member: 831"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> want to maintain a relationship with her. I want her home for Sunday dinners and let her do her laundry. I want to bring her fresh juices and some new vegetarian recipe I've tried because she has challenged me with her self-imposed diet and I like to cook and I eat healthier now and I've just lost my best customer.</p><p></p><p>I want her to be normal. That's what it comes down to. Those Sunday dinners where she can tell me about the goings on at Hippy Heaven...about looking for a job...about her plans in the fall for classes at the community college...about trying to get work on an organic farm this summer...about perhaps joining AmeriCorps when her scholarship runs out. All these things that I thought I could wait for, I could endure another year, another week or another minute of discord, just to give her a chance to succeed.</p><p></p><p>I want to see her come through that front door, plop her bags down and give me a big hug and say, "I'm starving". You know, when the college kid comes home in the movies. That's what I want. And I want to know when she leaves through that door, that she is growing, learning, living.</div></div></p><p></p><p>Hugs to you, dear lady. Even though my difficult children are not to the stage yours are, Daughter is getting close. I understand that desperate yearning for "normal". </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, our Mother hearts want to help, rescue, save, and make it easier. Many times to the determent of our difficult children ability to survive out in the world. </p><p></p><p>Honestly, I don't have any advice since I haven't been in your shoes. Just empathy and compassion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DazedandConfused, post: 37785, member: 831"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> want to maintain a relationship with her. I want her home for Sunday dinners and let her do her laundry. I want to bring her fresh juices and some new vegetarian recipe I've tried because she has challenged me with her self-imposed diet and I like to cook and I eat healthier now and I've just lost my best customer. I want her to be normal. That's what it comes down to. Those Sunday dinners where she can tell me about the goings on at Hippy Heaven...about looking for a job...about her plans in the fall for classes at the community college...about trying to get work on an organic farm this summer...about perhaps joining AmeriCorps when her scholarship runs out. All these things that I thought I could wait for, I could endure another year, another week or another minute of discord, just to give her a chance to succeed. I want to see her come through that front door, plop her bags down and give me a big hug and say, "I'm starving". You know, when the college kid comes home in the movies. That's what I want. And I want to know when she leaves through that door, that she is growing, learning, living.</div></div> Hugs to you, dear lady. Even though my difficult children are not to the stage yours are, Daughter is getting close. I understand that desperate yearning for "normal". Unfortunately, our Mother hearts want to help, rescue, save, and make it easier. Many times to the determent of our difficult children ability to survive out in the world. Honestly, I don't have any advice since I haven't been in your shoes. Just empathy and compassion. [/QUOTE]
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