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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 632265" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>End, one more thing. I understand your daughter had a rough start in life with her physical problems. I am sorry.</p><p></p><p>But End, that was then and this is now. She is CHOOSING to do these things. She is not the same little girl who was sick all those years ago. </p><p></p><p>You may still be seeing that same little precious girl that you took care of so well. She is now a grown woman. You need to start seeing that, End.</p><p></p><p>That will help you detach with love. I used to walk around this house, looking at all of the pictures of my difficult child, the precious little red-headed freckle faced boy with chubby cheeks and a 1000-watt smile. I would look at those pictures and cry and cry and cry, thinking of that little boy on the street, homeless.</p><p></p><p>That little boy was never on the street, homeless. The grown man that little boy has become has chosen to live on the street, to take drugs, to steal, to lie, to do all of the things he has done.</p><p></p><p>It took me a while, End, but I have stopped seeing that little boy in my mind's eye. I now see a grown man.</p><p></p><p>That shift in thinking has helped me a lot. I hope it can help you too, in time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 632265, member: 17542"] End, one more thing. I understand your daughter had a rough start in life with her physical problems. I am sorry. But End, that was then and this is now. She is CHOOSING to do these things. She is not the same little girl who was sick all those years ago. You may still be seeing that same little precious girl that you took care of so well. She is now a grown woman. You need to start seeing that, End. That will help you detach with love. I used to walk around this house, looking at all of the pictures of my difficult child, the precious little red-headed freckle faced boy with chubby cheeks and a 1000-watt smile. I would look at those pictures and cry and cry and cry, thinking of that little boy on the street, homeless. That little boy was never on the street, homeless. The grown man that little boy has become has chosen to live on the street, to take drugs, to steal, to lie, to do all of the things he has done. It took me a while, End, but I have stopped seeing that little boy in my mind's eye. I now see a grown man. That shift in thinking has helped me a lot. I hope it can help you too, in time. [/QUOTE]
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