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<blockquote data-quote="Beta" data-source="post: 764323" data-attributes="member: 22597"><p>Tiredof33, </p><p>I apologize for being so long to get back to you. I've just started a new job and have been working. I agree with you--we are the ones who have been traumatized and beaten down by our children. As I read your words, I could hear the exhaustion and grief in them, and I am so sorry for you as well for what you have suffered. I have done some journaling from time to time, and it does help to release the feelings of grief and isolation. I know what you mean about friends not bringing it up. Most of the people I go to church with are younger, 30's to 40's with young children. It kind of hurts to see them in a season of life I was once in and one in which I felt so much optimism about the future. I'm sad and, to some extent, will always be, but I sense myself coming more and more to terms with the possibility that we may never see or hear from Josh again. It is a possibility I can do nothing about, other than pray that God will work in his life. I appreciate your feedback though--it helps to hear the words, "It's not your fault. You've done all that you could have done." I think all of us on this site have done that, or we wouldn't be here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beta, post: 764323, member: 22597"] Tiredof33, I apologize for being so long to get back to you. I've just started a new job and have been working. I agree with you--we are the ones who have been traumatized and beaten down by our children. As I read your words, I could hear the exhaustion and grief in them, and I am so sorry for you as well for what you have suffered. I have done some journaling from time to time, and it does help to release the feelings of grief and isolation. I know what you mean about friends not bringing it up. Most of the people I go to church with are younger, 30's to 40's with young children. It kind of hurts to see them in a season of life I was once in and one in which I felt so much optimism about the future. I'm sad and, to some extent, will always be, but I sense myself coming more and more to terms with the possibility that we may never see or hear from Josh again. It is a possibility I can do nothing about, other than pray that God will work in his life. I appreciate your feedback though--it helps to hear the words, "It's not your fault. You've done all that you could have done." I think all of us on this site have done that, or we wouldn't be here. [/QUOTE]
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