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Duckie's anxiety & my mortality
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 46886" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>TM, I remember when I was about Duckie's age and my out-of-town grandparents were visiting us for the weekend. I ADORED them, especially my grandfather. And one day, out of the blue, it suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks that they were both going to DIE someday! That had never occurred to me before and I cried for two days straight and then I was OK - nobody could figure out what was wrong with me.</p><p></p><p>And when my son was about 12 or 13 the mother of one of his friends died unexpectedly during routine surgery. This boy was not one of my sons closest friends and he hardly knew the mother, but he was extremely upset for days! He felt so sorry for this boy, he'd get upset all over again every time he thought about it. My sons dad was never really there for him, pretty unreliable - never a good relationship with him. And this other boy had no dad at all - only an older married brother that he had to go live with. I think my son got so upset because he was suddenly starting to think about what he would do if something should happen to ME! </p><p></p><p>I think it's something that all kids eventually go through - one of those painful parts of growing up that they all have to experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 46886, member: 1883"] TM, I remember when I was about Duckie's age and my out-of-town grandparents were visiting us for the weekend. I ADORED them, especially my grandfather. And one day, out of the blue, it suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks that they were both going to DIE someday! That had never occurred to me before and I cried for two days straight and then I was OK - nobody could figure out what was wrong with me. And when my son was about 12 or 13 the mother of one of his friends died unexpectedly during routine surgery. This boy was not one of my sons closest friends and he hardly knew the mother, but he was extremely upset for days! He felt so sorry for this boy, he'd get upset all over again every time he thought about it. My sons dad was never really there for him, pretty unreliable - never a good relationship with him. And this other boy had no dad at all - only an older married brother that he had to go live with. I think my son got so upset because he was suddenly starting to think about what he would do if something should happen to ME! I think it's something that all kids eventually go through - one of those painful parts of growing up that they all have to experience. [/QUOTE]
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