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my sister's 17 year old daughter - runaway
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<blockquote data-quote="virginiabreeze" data-source="post: 473650" data-attributes="member: 13069"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">I have some good news and I wanted to share!! My sister is very interested in getting together so now we just need to pick a time and settle on a place. I will let her choose, and if she cant decide, then I will offer to go to TX and just help her un pack boxes and help her move into her new house.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I was reading the board last night. Because I dont have a difficult child in my life, the issues my sister is dealing with are so foreign to me. The thing I take away the most from the board is you Never, never, never give up. My brothers and sisters have been advising my little sister to just accept that she has lost her daughter but she will never accept that. When I read posts from the members on this board, I am amazed at how <u>long</u> some of you have been involved. I think I began to understand last night that my sister is not just going through a phase with her daughter. Being a parent with a difficult child child is very similar to being a parent with a child who lets say has cancer or some other serious illness. You would never advise a parent whose child is fighting cancer to just accept that you have lost your child. NO! You would listen to them, let them cry on your shoulder, you would hug them, but you would <u>never</u> turn your back on them. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So, I just want to express my gratitude to all on this board who make this a safe place for all parents who come here seeking help, or encouragement, or just need to let off some steam. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="virginiabreeze, post: 473650, member: 13069"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]I have some good news and I wanted to share!! My sister is very interested in getting together so now we just need to pick a time and settle on a place. I will let her choose, and if she cant decide, then I will offer to go to TX and just help her un pack boxes and help her move into her new house.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]I was reading the board last night. Because I dont have a difficult child in my life, the issues my sister is dealing with are so foreign to me. The thing I take away the most from the board is you Never, never, never give up. My brothers and sisters have been advising my little sister to just accept that she has lost her daughter but she will never accept that. When I read posts from the members on this board, I am amazed at how [U]long[/U] some of you have been involved. I think I began to understand last night that my sister is not just going through a phase with her daughter. Being a parent with a difficult child child is very similar to being a parent with a child who lets say has cancer or some other serious illness. You would never advise a parent whose child is fighting cancer to just accept that you have lost your child. NO! You would listen to them, let them cry on your shoulder, you would hug them, but you would [U]never[/U] turn your back on them. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]So, I just want to express my gratitude to all on this board who make this a safe place for all parents who come here seeking help, or encouragement, or just need to let off some steam. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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