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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 621061" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p><strong>This is huge. </strong>I thought about this the other day when Scent posted about past bad/sad holidays and plenty of other bad days because of difficult children. GFG32 has not spent Christmas with us in years, yet every Christmas I find myself wistfully wishing things were different....that my family had that picture book Christmas Day --where kids and grand kids gather for fun and laughter. It was the <strong>dream</strong> that made me sad.</p><p></p><p>Amazing how long we can hold onto those wishes, knowing full well it ain't gonna happen.</p><p></p><p>We do know about incarceration too much on this board. I am the only person I know, among my friends, who has a difficult child. I do know of one other person (former superintendent of our school district.) His youngest son is gfg32's age and has been in and out of jail because of meth. He was a CPA, two young daughters and I imagine his mom and dad feel much of what husband and I feel. But, we are not "friends" and do not speak of it when we run into each other.</p><p></p><p>So, I have felt shame and embarrassment and this board has helped so much with that.</p><p></p><p>But, I agree Recovering, that you can do this and you have faced this before. I hurt for you, though--because we are their mothers and it is just gonna hurt each and every time. Perhaps, down the road, it hurts less. But, we wanted something SO different for them and they deserve better IF they will work for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 621061, member: 17635"] [B]This is huge. [/B]I thought about this the other day when Scent posted about past bad/sad holidays and plenty of other bad days because of difficult children. GFG32 has not spent Christmas with us in years, yet every Christmas I find myself wistfully wishing things were different....that my family had that picture book Christmas Day --where kids and grand kids gather for fun and laughter. It was the [B]dream[/B] that made me sad. Amazing how long we can hold onto those wishes, knowing full well it ain't gonna happen. We do know about incarceration too much on this board. I am the only person I know, among my friends, who has a difficult child. I do know of one other person (former superintendent of our school district.) His youngest son is gfg32's age and has been in and out of jail because of meth. He was a CPA, two young daughters and I imagine his mom and dad feel much of what husband and I feel. But, we are not "friends" and do not speak of it when we run into each other. So, I have felt shame and embarrassment and this board has helped so much with that. But, I agree Recovering, that you can do this and you have faced this before. I hurt for you, though--because we are their mothers and it is just gonna hurt each and every time. Perhaps, down the road, it hurts less. But, we wanted something SO different for them and they deserve better IF they will work for it. [/QUOTE]
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