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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 420662" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Nancy - I want this, for you - for her - too.</p><p> </p><p>Sometimes we get so wrapped up in history that we just <em>can't</em> believe it might work this time. We know our kids. We know they won't... But then, they do.</p><p> </p><p>Some of them keep digging and never reach bottom, sure. But each time one of them tries - we hope, even as we are dwelling on what they'll probably do wrong. There is always, always hope. Someone here - I cannot remember who right now - has a quote that ends - "a mother's hope outlives them all" on her signature. And it's very true.</p><p> </p><p>Keep her - and yourself - busy, and those negative feelings won't have room. Dwell on what's going right, and what she is doing right.</p><p> </p><p><em>An optimist sees the glass as half full; a pessimist, as half empty; and a spiritualist looks for someone who's thirsty.</em> You know, your daughter's thirsty right now... And she is the "glass" - your love for her is the drink she needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 420662, member: 6705"] Nancy - I want this, for you - for her - too. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in history that we just [I]can't[/I] believe it might work this time. We know our kids. We know they won't... But then, they do. Some of them keep digging and never reach bottom, sure. But each time one of them tries - we hope, even as we are dwelling on what they'll probably do wrong. There is always, always hope. Someone here - I cannot remember who right now - has a quote that ends - "a mother's hope outlives them all" on her signature. And it's very true. Keep her - and yourself - busy, and those negative feelings won't have room. Dwell on what's going right, and what she is doing right. [I]An optimist sees the glass as half full; a pessimist, as half empty; and a spiritualist looks for someone who's thirsty.[/I] You know, your daughter's thirsty right now... And she is the "glass" - your love for her is the drink she needs. [/QUOTE]
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