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<blockquote data-quote="Suz" data-source="post: 363395" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>Bean, your post brought back many memories. Rob had some of those milestones but he was in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and then a group home for his last two years of high school so his Dad and I didn't get to share the experiences with him, except peripherally. </p><p> </p><p>I remember vividly listening to people wax poetic about their perfect, over-achieving children and I wanted to slap them silly. Instead, I invented The Bobblehead (vacant smile, head nodding, while I'm imagining all kinds of terrible things-lol) for listening to them, for Rob, for LIFE. </p><p> </p><p>It's rough but you will survive this- honest. I've always said that the gift Rob gave me was the "gift of appreciation." I truly appreciate every day I live without rancor. Every time we get together without an argument; every hug; every "thanks, Mom" and of course every "I love you, Mom." Most people don't really acknowledge or appreciate these moments, let alone consider them miracles...but I do.</p><p> </p><p>Big hugs,</p><p>Suz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Suz, post: 363395, member: 29"] Bean, your post brought back many memories. Rob had some of those milestones but he was in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and then a group home for his last two years of high school so his Dad and I didn't get to share the experiences with him, except peripherally. I remember vividly listening to people wax poetic about their perfect, over-achieving children and I wanted to slap them silly. Instead, I invented The Bobblehead (vacant smile, head nodding, while I'm imagining all kinds of terrible things-lol) for listening to them, for Rob, for LIFE. It's rough but you will survive this- honest. I've always said that the gift Rob gave me was the "gift of appreciation." I truly appreciate every day I live without rancor. Every time we get together without an argument; every hug; every "thanks, Mom" and of course every "I love you, Mom." Most people don't really acknowledge or appreciate these moments, let alone consider them miracles...but I do. Big hugs, Suz [/QUOTE]
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