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<blockquote data-quote="Bean" data-source="post: 363439" data-attributes="member: 8620"><p>Interesting the different things in life that sometimes tug at your heart. So many times here I just want to hug people. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> So another hug out to you all. I can totally relate to everything you're saying.</p><p></p><p>I am genuinely happy for her friends, and for the kids that I've seen board the bus for the first day of kindergarten - and now they're celebrating their achievements, working, having babies (!!?) and just plain growing up. I need to let myself be happy and turn off the switch that starts to tug at me. And it is very true - I can soak up the joys that loved ones grace my life with, but I can't rely on it for my complete happiness.</p><p></p><p>Gosh, it is hard to exercise the brain, isn't it? It's one thing to turn down a brownie at a party, but quite another to disallow yourself to wallow in self-pity. I've been known to have my pity party for one with ice cream on top, and it generally isn't helpful.</p><p></p><p>My parents missed out on a lot with me, too. I can't help but feel badly about that. I didn't graduate, got my HSED later. But through other things in life I've given them many more smiles... I can choose to focus on the smiles, even if they are rare, that my daughter gives me from time to time, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bean, post: 363439, member: 8620"] Interesting the different things in life that sometimes tug at your heart. So many times here I just want to hug people. :) So another hug out to you all. I can totally relate to everything you're saying. I am genuinely happy for her friends, and for the kids that I've seen board the bus for the first day of kindergarten - and now they're celebrating their achievements, working, having babies (!!?) and just plain growing up. I need to let myself be happy and turn off the switch that starts to tug at me. And it is very true - I can soak up the joys that loved ones grace my life with, but I can't rely on it for my complete happiness. Gosh, it is hard to exercise the brain, isn't it? It's one thing to turn down a brownie at a party, but quite another to disallow yourself to wallow in self-pity. I've been known to have my pity party for one with ice cream on top, and it generally isn't helpful. My parents missed out on a lot with me, too. I can't help but feel badly about that. I didn't graduate, got my HSED later. But through other things in life I've given them many more smiles... I can choose to focus on the smiles, even if they are rare, that my daughter gives me from time to time, too. [/QUOTE]
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