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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 20603" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>For whatever reason, your daughter is not choosing to contact you. I think you should abide by what appear to be her wishes. Write her letters expressing your love and concern but DO NOT MAIL THEM.</p><p></p><p>Learn all you can about what may be motivating your child and how you can be supportive once she is out of treatment. Other than that though, I urge you again to respect your daughter's wishes.</p><p></p><p>Practice detaching from the feelings ~ from the worry, from the guilt.</p><p></p><p>Is there an interest or curiousity you have always wanted to explore? Now is the time to do that. You will need something to counteract the feelings of worry for your child.</p><p></p><p>That is how I became a nurse, a dancer and then, a karate person.</p><p>(Winks) Along the way, I also became a Hospice volunteer, a free clinic volunteer, and a supprt group coordinator.</p><p></p><p>All in an effort to distract my self from the pain.</p><p></p><p>We did not choose this for ourselves or for our children, but we DO have to survive it. And we have to survive it strong enough to be able to help the kids, once they do come back.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter will come back to you when she is ready.</p><p></p><p>Your job now is to be ready when she does.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 20603, member: 3353"] For whatever reason, your daughter is not choosing to contact you. I think you should abide by what appear to be her wishes. Write her letters expressing your love and concern but DO NOT MAIL THEM. Learn all you can about what may be motivating your child and how you can be supportive once she is out of treatment. Other than that though, I urge you again to respect your daughter's wishes. Practice detaching from the feelings ~ from the worry, from the guilt. Is there an interest or curiousity you have always wanted to explore? Now is the time to do that. You will need something to counteract the feelings of worry for your child. That is how I became a nurse, a dancer and then, a karate person. (Winks) Along the way, I also became a Hospice volunteer, a free clinic volunteer, and a supprt group coordinator. All in an effort to distract my self from the pain. We did not choose this for ourselves or for our children, but we DO have to survive it. And we have to survive it strong enough to be able to help the kids, once they do come back. Your daughter will come back to you when she is ready. Your job now is to be ready when she does. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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