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Another bump on the difficult child highway
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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 608287" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>Recovering, I think at some level your daughter (like mine) wants, or needs, to run along that ragged edge. I think that, like mine, she needs to be able to point to how this happened, to how she came to be homeless or without work or, in our daughter's case, without her children, in a way that doesn't condemn her. Like you, Recovering, we paid thousands of dollars last Fall to assure daughter had what she needed for a successful move home. In retrospect, it seems that my daughter was determined to create the outcome that then came to be almost from the first day of her visit.</p><p></p><p>I will pray for your daughter Recovering, and for you. Your answer to your daughter was simply the truth. It seems we cannot unsee something, once we have seen it so clearly. I remember you telling us that your daughter seemed to have changed for the better, seemed to have become more whole, when you gave her back the pieces of her puzzle that you had been caring for. It may be that this process will conclude in the same way, Recovering. If she knows you will not engage in futile rescuing, she may be able to repossess enough of herself to sail into harbor under her own steam.</p><p></p><p>That is what I will pray for, for her.</p><p></p><p>And for you, continued clarity of vision, Recovering.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 608287, member: 1721"] Recovering, I think at some level your daughter (like mine) wants, or needs, to run along that ragged edge. I think that, like mine, she needs to be able to point to how this happened, to how she came to be homeless or without work or, in our daughter's case, without her children, in a way that doesn't condemn her. Like you, Recovering, we paid thousands of dollars last Fall to assure daughter had what she needed for a successful move home. In retrospect, it seems that my daughter was determined to create the outcome that then came to be almost from the first day of her visit. I will pray for your daughter Recovering, and for you. Your answer to your daughter was simply the truth. It seems we cannot unsee something, once we have seen it so clearly. I remember you telling us that your daughter seemed to have changed for the better, seemed to have become more whole, when you gave her back the pieces of her puzzle that you had been caring for. It may be that this process will conclude in the same way, Recovering. If she knows you will not engage in futile rescuing, she may be able to repossess enough of herself to sail into harbor under her own steam. That is what I will pray for, for her. And for you, continued clarity of vision, Recovering. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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