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She will never be normal, will she?
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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 327326" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>I just wanted to stop in and say hello and welcome, even if late ... I wrote up a long reply yesterday, lost it in the ether (my computer sneakily logged me out somehow while I was writing), and then had to go pick up one of my sons. </p><p></p><p>By now people have said everything I could possibly say, except that I too empathize with you and have stood in your shoes. The grief, the loss, the mourning are intense. But ... I love the quote from the therapist about writing one's own story and letting our kids write theirs. That's what I'm trying to do right now. Since my difficult child has been living away from home it's been so much easier to detach and let him live his life, and get on with mine. He's still in my life and in my heart, but I'm not feeling that if I could just fix him I'd be a better mother. Some things are not within my ability to fix. I've done my best all these years; I'd do a few things differently if I had it to do over, but I don't, so I don't fantasize about that. I have new things to do now and my focus is to do the best I can with those. </p><p></p><p>Sending support and understanding, and hoping you'll link up with that therapist again and take some time for yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 327326, member: 2884"] I just wanted to stop in and say hello and welcome, even if late ... I wrote up a long reply yesterday, lost it in the ether (my computer sneakily logged me out somehow while I was writing), and then had to go pick up one of my sons. By now people have said everything I could possibly say, except that I too empathize with you and have stood in your shoes. The grief, the loss, the mourning are intense. But ... I love the quote from the therapist about writing one's own story and letting our kids write theirs. That's what I'm trying to do right now. Since my difficult child has been living away from home it's been so much easier to detach and let him live his life, and get on with mine. He's still in my life and in my heart, but I'm not feeling that if I could just fix him I'd be a better mother. Some things are not within my ability to fix. I've done my best all these years; I'd do a few things differently if I had it to do over, but I don't, so I don't fantasize about that. I have new things to do now and my focus is to do the best I can with those. Sending support and understanding, and hoping you'll link up with that therapist again and take some time for yourself. [/QUOTE]
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