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Tomorrow my son turns 21
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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 684266" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>Lil, all in all that sounds like a nice celebration. I am sorry he didn't hold onto the card; I know how much thought you put into finding the right one.</p><p></p><p>My son's 21st hit me very hard too -- that was his first stay in rehab. The first time he could LEGALLY drink, and he couldn't drink.</p><p></p><p>His 22nd, he had gone missing from his sober living house for several months and we didn't know where he was. That one was hard.</p><p></p><p>His 23rd, he was living here and got sulky a few days beforehand because he just *knew* no one was going to celebrate it, then got angry because he didn't like my "lame" plans and refused to speak or eat at his favorite restaurant and refused to eat any of the birthday cake I had specially made by his favorite bakery. That one was hard too.</p><p></p><p>Will I ever celebrate them again? Probably. *I* need to celebrate his birth. But I see that *I* am the one who makes them hard, because of my expectations. How he receives my gift is really none of my business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 684266, member: 17720"] Lil, all in all that sounds like a nice celebration. I am sorry he didn't hold onto the card; I know how much thought you put into finding the right one. My son's 21st hit me very hard too -- that was his first stay in rehab. The first time he could LEGALLY drink, and he couldn't drink. His 22nd, he had gone missing from his sober living house for several months and we didn't know where he was. That one was hard. His 23rd, he was living here and got sulky a few days beforehand because he just *knew* no one was going to celebrate it, then got angry because he didn't like my "lame" plans and refused to speak or eat at his favorite restaurant and refused to eat any of the birthday cake I had specially made by his favorite bakery. That one was hard too. Will I ever celebrate them again? Probably. *I* need to celebrate his birth. But I see that *I* am the one who makes them hard, because of my expectations. How he receives my gift is really none of my business. [/QUOTE]
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