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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 471000" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>I love both my children the same, but I have different relationships with them. easy child is older and a female so naturally the things we talk about and do are totally different than the things I discuss or do with my 16 year old boy difficult child!</p><p></p><p>easy child and I are extraordinarily close - always have been. Certainly I am her mother first, but as she has matured and become independent, we are also friends. We share many of the same likes and love doing things together. I am very fortunate that my daughter likes spending time with her mother!</p><p></p><p>difficult child and I are also close, but in a different way. I know that boy inside and out! He has a piece of my heart because of the struggles he has been through, overcome, and continues to deal with. I have a piece of his because he has grown to trust and depend on my support and guidance. I love spending time with him when he is tuned in and love talking to him! There aren't a lot of things we enjoy the same insofar as things to do outside the house. But I have found we can enjoy the journey!</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I will tell you that Monday night we had "family night", which we do once a week. One night a week when easy child doesn't have to work or work late, we get together to share a meal and share the evening. So we were talking about the holidays and that got us talking about years past, which got us talking about Christmas when they were little, which led to looking at all the Santa photos (which I actually had close at hand because I wanted to do some kind of montage project for them as a Christmas gift), which led to me talking about how much they mean to me. Honestly, I told the children that they really have been the blessings of my life and, from the moment I held them in my arms, I knew being a mom was part of my destiny.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 471000, member: 805"] I love both my children the same, but I have different relationships with them. easy child is older and a female so naturally the things we talk about and do are totally different than the things I discuss or do with my 16 year old boy difficult child! easy child and I are extraordinarily close - always have been. Certainly I am her mother first, but as she has matured and become independent, we are also friends. We share many of the same likes and love doing things together. I am very fortunate that my daughter likes spending time with her mother! difficult child and I are also close, but in a different way. I know that boy inside and out! He has a piece of my heart because of the struggles he has been through, overcome, and continues to deal with. I have a piece of his because he has grown to trust and depend on my support and guidance. I love spending time with him when he is tuned in and love talking to him! There aren't a lot of things we enjoy the same insofar as things to do outside the house. But I have found we can enjoy the journey! Having said all that, I will tell you that Monday night we had "family night", which we do once a week. One night a week when easy child doesn't have to work or work late, we get together to share a meal and share the evening. So we were talking about the holidays and that got us talking about years past, which got us talking about Christmas when they were little, which led to looking at all the Santa photos (which I actually had close at hand because I wanted to do some kind of montage project for them as a Christmas gift), which led to me talking about how much they mean to me. Honestly, I told the children that they really have been the blessings of my life and, from the moment I held them in my arms, I knew being a mom was part of my destiny. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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