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Difficult Child called mother in law and she picked her up!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 652282" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Since there is nothing you can do right now, you must commit to doing nothing.</p><p></p><p>Repeat the Serenity Prayer until it helps. That helped me, sometimes.</p><p></p><p>"God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change</p><p>the Courage to change the things I can</p><p>and the Wisdom to know the difference."</p><p></p><p>The grandmother called you after, not before, she went to collect the granddaughter. You cannot change what the grandmother is going to do and like all of us, the grandmother wanted to help and did not know how to say no. I am glad she called, so glad the two of you are united in trying to figure out what to do for this daughter. The grandmother will have to come to the same emotional place you have come to before she can begin to say "No". For this minute, please change your mind from worry to accept mode. For right now, there is nothing, not one thing, you can do. Tomorrow (today) you and the grandmother can talk about what could be a better way for her to respond to the granddaughter. If the grandmother needs help getting the granddaughter to leave, you can help with that.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter believes you mean what you say. That is good.</p><p></p><p>Holding all of you in my thoughts today.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 652282, member: 17461"] Since there is nothing you can do right now, you must commit to doing nothing. Repeat the Serenity Prayer until it helps. That helped me, sometimes. "God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change the Courage to change the things I can and the Wisdom to know the difference." The grandmother called you after, not before, she went to collect the granddaughter. You cannot change what the grandmother is going to do and like all of us, the grandmother wanted to help and did not know how to say no. I am glad she called, so glad the two of you are united in trying to figure out what to do for this daughter. The grandmother will have to come to the same emotional place you have come to before she can begin to say "No". For this minute, please change your mind from worry to accept mode. For right now, there is nothing, not one thing, you can do. Tomorrow (today) you and the grandmother can talk about what could be a better way for her to respond to the granddaughter. If the grandmother needs help getting the granddaughter to leave, you can help with that. Your daughter believes you mean what you say. That is good. Holding all of you in my thoughts today. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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