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Should we make yearly or annual get togethers?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 290025" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I've reached out and met a couple of people in person that I've met through support groups like this. One was a mom with a son who has Crohn's like my difficult child 1. I was really nervous, but we met at Legoland with all our kids one summer and I kept telling myself it was to benefit both difficult child 1 and me. I wanted him to know someone else who had to deal with the same weird health problems he had. And I wanted to personally meet this person who had been so helpful to me during a very stressful time in my life during difficult child 1's diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The other person I met was TM, last winter at Disneyland... again, with kids in tow. And perhaps it was for selfish reasons, but I was very excited to meet someone who understood what life is like with a difficult child. </p><p> </p><p>I am so very glad I was able to meet these people face-to-face. And the fact that we already have so much in common does something to establish a connection that doesn't happen as quickly with someone you meet off the street.</p><p> </p><p>I am really, really looking forward to meeting everyone in the next few days. And I will surely look forward to future opportunities to meet the other people who come here every day to pour their heart out and share their pain, their hope and encouragement with eachother. You all have given me a strength and a resilience that can only come from others who have walked a similar path.</p><p> </p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bigsmile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigsmile:" title="big smile :bigsmile:" data-shortname=":bigsmile:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 290025, member: 3444"] I've reached out and met a couple of people in person that I've met through support groups like this. One was a mom with a son who has Crohn's like my difficult child 1. I was really nervous, but we met at Legoland with all our kids one summer and I kept telling myself it was to benefit both difficult child 1 and me. I wanted him to know someone else who had to deal with the same weird health problems he had. And I wanted to personally meet this person who had been so helpful to me during a very stressful time in my life during difficult child 1's diagnosis. The other person I met was TM, last winter at Disneyland... again, with kids in tow. And perhaps it was for selfish reasons, but I was very excited to meet someone who understood what life is like with a difficult child. I am so very glad I was able to meet these people face-to-face. And the fact that we already have so much in common does something to establish a connection that doesn't happen as quickly with someone you meet off the street. I am really, really looking forward to meeting everyone in the next few days. And I will surely look forward to future opportunities to meet the other people who come here every day to pour their heart out and share their pain, their hope and encouragement with eachother. You all have given me a strength and a resilience that can only come from others who have walked a similar path. :bigsmile: [/QUOTE]
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