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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 130110" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>Dear Nancy: Please forward the following to your daughter. </p><p> </p><p>To the Dear Daughter of a Dear Friend:</p><p> </p><p>Well, you're starting to make decisions. You're moving forward in life and that is what your wonderful Mom has shared with love, devotion, fear, sadness, pride and joy.</p><p> </p><p>She's walked through fire for you. Your freshman year was difficult and shaved a few years off both her life as well as yours. But, she held firm and pulled you through.</p><p> </p><p>Not without scars, not without fear not without constant questioning whether or not she was doing the right or wrong things.</p><p> </p><p>She held your hands when you were slipping. She pulled you through.</p><p> </p><p>She held your heart when it was breaking. She pulled you through.</p><p> </p><p>She pat your back when it was bending under peer pressure. She pulled you through.</p><p> </p><p>She held firm through drugs, alcohol, possibly sex. She pulled you through.</p><p> </p><p>Now you're sixteen. Now is the time when your maturity is beginning to shine through. Now is the time when your mom and you will begin to have the secret smiles that come with friendship. The touch of a friend when times get tough. The friendship that evolves through the mutual respect that comes from being a <u>true</u> daughter to a loving mother.</p><p> </p><p>At least that's what I've been told. My mom died before I could develop that type of living bond. </p><p> </p><p>I know what it's like to take things for granted. I never got to show my mom that there was something there for the two of us. It's important in this life to recognize mistakes. It prevents you from making them again.</p><p> </p><p>Please know that I recognized my mistakes too late in my mom's life and for that I will always hold a sadness that could have been erased with:</p><p> </p><p>Holding her hand, her heart and stiffening her spine. </p><p> </p><p>The bad part was that I only had the chance to do this during chemo treatments and pain. It would have meant so much more to do it when I came to her with a problem, a joke or just a plain old smile. </p><p> </p><p>Regrets are painful. Do your best not to have them.</p><p> </p><p>Sincerely,</p><p> </p><p>Beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 130110, member: 3814"] Dear Nancy: Please forward the following to your daughter. To the Dear Daughter of a Dear Friend: Well, you're starting to make decisions. You're moving forward in life and that is what your wonderful Mom has shared with love, devotion, fear, sadness, pride and joy. She's walked through fire for you. Your freshman year was difficult and shaved a few years off both her life as well as yours. But, she held firm and pulled you through. Not without scars, not without fear not without constant questioning whether or not she was doing the right or wrong things. She held your hands when you were slipping. She pulled you through. She held your heart when it was breaking. She pulled you through. She pat your back when it was bending under peer pressure. She pulled you through. She held firm through drugs, alcohol, possibly sex. She pulled you through. Now you're sixteen. Now is the time when your maturity is beginning to shine through. Now is the time when your mom and you will begin to have the secret smiles that come with friendship. The touch of a friend when times get tough. The friendship that evolves through the mutual respect that comes from being a [U]true[/U] daughter to a loving mother. At least that's what I've been told. My mom died before I could develop that type of living bond. I know what it's like to take things for granted. I never got to show my mom that there was something there for the two of us. It's important in this life to recognize mistakes. It prevents you from making them again. Please know that I recognized my mistakes too late in my mom's life and for that I will always hold a sadness that could have been erased with: Holding her hand, her heart and stiffening her spine. The bad part was that I only had the chance to do this during chemo treatments and pain. It would have meant so much more to do it when I came to her with a problem, a joke or just a plain old smile. Regrets are painful. Do your best not to have them. Sincerely, Beth [/QUOTE]
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