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Deep Breaths...trying to stay at least semi-detached
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 704309" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>It's 1000 times harder on us when the weather is so cold. I don't know if it's harder on them or not. The fact that they stay and don't make something different happen (with or without us) tells me it is possibly harder on us...the weather. I know I used to worry myself sick when winter came and Difficult Child was "somewhere". </p><p></p><p>We are one spoke on their wheel. See the wheel, my friends? There are 24 spokes. We are just one spoke, their mothers. That image helped me so much. I hope it helps you. We are not the hub of the wheel. We are not the whole wheel. We are not anything more than...just one spoke. They love us, we mom/spokes. They will circle back around to us, in time, they always do. But we aren't their first waking thought and their last waking thought, like them ours. </p><p></p><p>I try to compare it to how I feel and think about my own parents. They are one spoke. My wheel is full of other people and priorities. </p><p></p><p>Hang in there. They are warmer than we are, during these times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 704309, member: 17542"] It's 1000 times harder on us when the weather is so cold. I don't know if it's harder on them or not. The fact that they stay and don't make something different happen (with or without us) tells me it is possibly harder on us...the weather. I know I used to worry myself sick when winter came and Difficult Child was "somewhere". We are one spoke on their wheel. See the wheel, my friends? There are 24 spokes. We are just one spoke, their mothers. That image helped me so much. I hope it helps you. We are not the hub of the wheel. We are not the whole wheel. We are not anything more than...just one spoke. They love us, we mom/spokes. They will circle back around to us, in time, they always do. But we aren't their first waking thought and their last waking thought, like them ours. I try to compare it to how I feel and think about my own parents. They are one spoke. My wheel is full of other people and priorities. Hang in there. They are warmer than we are, during these times. [/QUOTE]
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