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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 752551" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>It is a lifelong journey.</p><p></p><p>I'll tell you this, we all love our difficult, troubled children more than life itself. And not one of us would ever have asked that they be the way they are. Not one of us does not wish that these same children were "normal" - or perhaps a better term would be, free of whatever difficulty enslaves them, and us.</p><p></p><p>With adult children it is possible to detach. With little ones and adolescents, not so much.</p><p></p><p>You will grieve at every milestone that isn't hit.</p><p></p><p>You will grieve every time they are arrested or go to rehab, if your children are like mine.</p><p></p><p>You will grieve every time they prove themselves utterly unable to conduct themselves in a family setting, if your children are like some others.</p><p></p><p>You learn to live with it. But it never goes away and never stops. That is the truth.</p><p></p><p>You also learn to love them exactly as they are and make peace with things as they are.</p><p></p><p>Most of the time anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 752551, member: 13303"] It is a lifelong journey. I'll tell you this, we all love our difficult, troubled children more than life itself. And not one of us would ever have asked that they be the way they are. Not one of us does not wish that these same children were "normal" - or perhaps a better term would be, free of whatever difficulty enslaves them, and us. With adult children it is possible to detach. With little ones and adolescents, not so much. You will grieve at every milestone that isn't hit. You will grieve every time they are arrested or go to rehab, if your children are like mine. You will grieve every time they prove themselves utterly unable to conduct themselves in a family setting, if your children are like some others. You learn to live with it. But it never goes away and never stops. That is the truth. You also learn to love them exactly as they are and make peace with things as they are. Most of the time anyway. [/QUOTE]
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