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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 160973" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I try but it is difficult at time to NOT wait for the other shoe to drop.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">When I recently took a couple of days off to help difficult child get ready to look for a job, we spent those days all day together, it was nice to see her making an effort, looking nice, smelling clean, dressed professionally and not smoking all day, with makeup on, hair fixed neatly, etc...well, it felt so great to see her like this. But I did notice that somewhere deep inside me, there was a hand up that didn't allow me to get 'overly' excited about it. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">Yesterday as I was driving difficult child down to visit her dad, she was talking the entire way, telling me about a website she chats on, people she's met, recent events with her friends - really opening up. And it was nice, but again, I felt my inner self remaining somewhat reserved. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">When there is something in difficult child's life to be excited about and happy, it's sort of a shock that I'm taken aback and need time to let it sink in before I react. But I can put on a pretty good act I think and I let her know that I'm happy and proud of her when it's fitting, even if I have my own reservations. I can't wait for the day when I don't worry about her.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 160973, member: 2211"] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I try but it is difficult at time to NOT wait for the other shoe to drop.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]When I recently took a couple of days off to help difficult child get ready to look for a job, we spent those days all day together, it was nice to see her making an effort, looking nice, smelling clean, dressed professionally and not smoking all day, with makeup on, hair fixed neatly, etc...well, it felt so great to see her like this. But I did notice that somewhere deep inside me, there was a hand up that didn't allow me to get 'overly' excited about it. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]Yesterday as I was driving difficult child down to visit her dad, she was talking the entire way, telling me about a website she chats on, people she's met, recent events with her friends - really opening up. And it was nice, but again, I felt my inner self remaining somewhat reserved. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]When there is something in difficult child's life to be excited about and happy, it's sort of a shock that I'm taken aback and need time to let it sink in before I react. But I can put on a pretty good act I think and I let her know that I'm happy and proud of her when it's fitting, even if I have my own reservations. I can't wait for the day when I don't worry about her.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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