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Art Imitates Life ... and my difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 197595" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><strong>Terry,</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Any difficult child child, bio or adopted, is a work of art ~ a little person in which you put your whole body of creativity. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>There will come a time when you can concentrate on your artwork, writing - heck, your entire career. Until your difficult child gets to that point, doing those things is a luxury most of us just do not have.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AND that is what parenting is all about. Of late, kt has been asking me some very pointed questions about why I didn't work full time, or have more friends, why we didn't do more family vacations. She went on to answer some of these questions herself. Then tried to apologize. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I didn't let her ~ I just told her this is what parenting is all about. Every parent goes through tough times of one sort or another.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Terry, you will return to your art & writing....if you'd like to call your difficult child your artwork & that helps go for it. I'd rather you think that you are doing the job of parenthood & your difficult child is being raised with love & dignity to become the best he can become. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>by the way, I make no judgments on this other person who disrupted their adoption ~ you've no idea how close husband & I were at one point to disrupting the tweedles. The strongest of people do have their breaking point. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 197595, member: 393"] [B]Terry, Any difficult child child, bio or adopted, is a work of art ~ a little person in which you put your whole body of creativity. There will come a time when you can concentrate on your artwork, writing - heck, your entire career. Until your difficult child gets to that point, doing those things is a luxury most of us just do not have. AND that is what parenting is all about. Of late, kt has been asking me some very pointed questions about why I didn't work full time, or have more friends, why we didn't do more family vacations. She went on to answer some of these questions herself. Then tried to apologize. I didn't let her ~ I just told her this is what parenting is all about. Every parent goes through tough times of one sort or another. Terry, you will return to your art & writing....if you'd like to call your difficult child your artwork & that helps go for it. I'd rather you think that you are doing the job of parenthood & your difficult child is being raised with love & dignity to become the best he can become. by the way, I make no judgments on this other person who disrupted their adoption ~ you've no idea how close husband & I were at one point to disrupting the tweedles. The strongest of people do have their breaking point. [/B] [/QUOTE]
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