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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 18565" data-attributes="member: 393"><p>Those of you who've had your difficult children in a treatment facility for any length of time know this feeling.</p><p></p><p>The feeling of loss - emptiness. The need to redefine yourself because someone else is parenting your child(ren) - for whatever reason.</p><p></p><p>While the tweedles have been in varying treatment facilities I've worked hard to take on new, different challenges while maintaining my commitments to my children.</p><p></p><p>I feel a little more "evened out", if you will. Not everything is so extreme on a day to day basis. I've learned to relax. I've experimented with new adventures, taken in a retreat with husband, participated in a piano recital & am in the process of signing up for a couple of golf leagues for this coming summer. I'm due to start school in the next month or so.</p><p></p><p>Now that kt is transitioning home, I'm beginning to feel a new joy in being a parent. I feel like we're are at a new beginning. </p><p></p><p>While I anticipate a lot of the same old same old out of kt - I also expect to see her use her new coping skills. kt is still not functioning at a very high level - yet I feel more hope that I did, even a month ago.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for listening....your support has been more than a godsend over the last year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 18565, member: 393"] Those of you who've had your difficult children in a treatment facility for any length of time know this feeling. The feeling of loss - emptiness. The need to redefine yourself because someone else is parenting your child(ren) - for whatever reason. While the tweedles have been in varying treatment facilities I've worked hard to take on new, different challenges while maintaining my commitments to my children. I feel a little more "evened out", if you will. Not everything is so extreme on a day to day basis. I've learned to relax. I've experimented with new adventures, taken in a retreat with husband, participated in a piano recital & am in the process of signing up for a couple of golf leagues for this coming summer. I'm due to start school in the next month or so. Now that kt is transitioning home, I'm beginning to feel a new joy in being a parent. I feel like we're are at a new beginning. While I anticipate a lot of the same old same old out of kt - I also expect to see her use her new coping skills. kt is still not functioning at a very high level - yet I feel more hope that I did, even a month ago. Thanks for listening....your support has been more than a godsend over the last year. [/QUOTE]
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