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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 456231" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>I do understand, Eliz. I really do. There's nothing to feel guilty about when it comes to feelings. Feelings are just that - they are feelings and they can't be labled "good" or "bad". They just are.</p><p></p><p>Now your actions ... there's something to be proud of. You did the right thing for your daughter. You showed her the way and now it is up to her ... hard as that is for you considering the choices she's made. </p><p></p><p>I remember talking to my t-doctor and lamenting all we had done for difficult child ... and, especially all I had done since Ostrich man flew the coup (and they're supposed to be <em>flightliess </em>birds!!. I was ticking them off my my fingers: Tons of attention, at every event, great private school, great extended family, gave up my social life post-Ostrich flight.... and she looke dat me and said, calmly "where would she be - today -given her issues if you <em>hadn't </em>done those things?</p><p></p><p>And it made me pause and think: I did make a <em>difference. </em>It's just a difference we cannot see. I did give her a great childhood. What I did mattered, and what you have done matters. </p><p></p><p>If we're lucky, our daughters will acknowledge it some day because they do KNOW it - deep in there somehwere.</p><p></p><p>Dash</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 456231, member: 9175"] I do understand, Eliz. I really do. There's nothing to feel guilty about when it comes to feelings. Feelings are just that - they are feelings and they can't be labled "good" or "bad". They just are. Now your actions ... there's something to be proud of. You did the right thing for your daughter. You showed her the way and now it is up to her ... hard as that is for you considering the choices she's made. I remember talking to my t-doctor and lamenting all we had done for difficult child ... and, especially all I had done since Ostrich man flew the coup (and they're supposed to be [I]flightliess [/I]birds!!. I was ticking them off my my fingers: Tons of attention, at every event, great private school, great extended family, gave up my social life post-Ostrich flight.... and she looke dat me and said, calmly "where would she be - today -given her issues if you [I]hadn't [/I]done those things? And it made me pause and think: I did make a [I]difference. [/I]It's just a difference we cannot see. I did give her a great childhood. What I did mattered, and what you have done matters. If we're lucky, our daughters will acknowledge it some day because they do KNOW it - deep in there somehwere. Dash [/QUOTE]
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