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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 693450" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>I found for myself that I needed to go through the grieving process. While my son did not die a physical death, the son that I knew, the sweet little boy, the one I had so many hope and dreams for no longer exists. </p><p>It broke my heart to come to this realization but grieving for the loss of all that I hoped for him was very healthy for me. It helped me to finally accept my so for who he is and how he chooses to live his life. This does not mean that I like how he is but I accept it. </p><p>I think every parent has dreams for how they hope their child will turn out. One may hope that their child becomes a Dr. but is not disappointed when their child graduates from college and goes on to have a successful career. It's different for us with difficult children. My son didn't graduate from high school let alone college and he has recently posted that he finally found the job of his dreams, he's a pot farmer in Calif. I don't like it, but I accept it. I hope that he's finally found some happiness.</p><p></p><p>None of this is easy for us but I do know that I had to move on and start living my own life for myself. Life is too short to waist it on worrying about our adult children, all the worrying in the world will not change them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 693450, member: 18516"] I found for myself that I needed to go through the grieving process. While my son did not die a physical death, the son that I knew, the sweet little boy, the one I had so many hope and dreams for no longer exists. It broke my heart to come to this realization but grieving for the loss of all that I hoped for him was very healthy for me. It helped me to finally accept my so for who he is and how he chooses to live his life. This does not mean that I like how he is but I accept it. I think every parent has dreams for how they hope their child will turn out. One may hope that their child becomes a Dr. but is not disappointed when their child graduates from college and goes on to have a successful career. It's different for us with difficult children. My son didn't graduate from high school let alone college and he has recently posted that he finally found the job of his dreams, he's a pot farmer in Calif. I don't like it, but I accept it. I hope that he's finally found some happiness. None of this is easy for us but I do know that I had to move on and start living my own life for myself. Life is too short to waist it on worrying about our adult children, all the worrying in the world will not change them. [/QUOTE]
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