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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 646373" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>I'm sorry. You are so right about the above. After years of it, I just had to put a stop to it, and that meant some time away from my son---no visits, no phone calls, no emails, no texts and no FB messages. You just get to the point when you have no other choice---the exhaustion is too great. </p><p></p><p>I do believe with all my heart that my weariness and stepping away provided space. Space for new things to possibly enter into my son's life. I realized that I, his mother who loves him so much---in fact, I told both my kids at one point they would never have a better friend than me---was the biggest part of the problem. </p><p></p><p>That was hard to take in, for me. I was in the way of my son having a chance to grow up because I was always there with a hand out, a hand up, a solution, "help."</p><p></p><p>finally, after giving and giving and giving to the point of insanity, I started to understand that I had to stop. It was really about me, not about him.</p><p></p><p>And that's when the real work began. Warm hugs to you today. Take a nap, take a walk, take some time for YOU. Restore yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 646373, member: 17542"] I'm sorry. You are so right about the above. After years of it, I just had to put a stop to it, and that meant some time away from my son---no visits, no phone calls, no emails, no texts and no FB messages. You just get to the point when you have no other choice---the exhaustion is too great. I do believe with all my heart that my weariness and stepping away provided space. Space for new things to possibly enter into my son's life. I realized that I, his mother who loves him so much---in fact, I told both my kids at one point they would never have a better friend than me---was the biggest part of the problem. That was hard to take in, for me. I was in the way of my son having a chance to grow up because I was always there with a hand out, a hand up, a solution, "help." finally, after giving and giving and giving to the point of insanity, I started to understand that I had to stop. It was really about me, not about him. And that's when the real work began. Warm hugs to you today. Take a nap, take a walk, take some time for YOU. Restore yourself. [/QUOTE]
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