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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 574174" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Your post isn't offensive mwm, it's where you are and it's a great perspective. But human feelings being what they are, it's normal to grieve the loss of dreams. I have 100% confidence that those of us here, fighting for our kids, loving them intensely, will be happy for them to be whatever they end up being if it is healthy and happy. But life is a process and it is actually healthy to my way of seeing things, to acknowledge our dreams and how they need to change, sadness, anger, all of that is part of grieving. Sometimes it feels just as normal to me to have this isolated kind of patenting experience, living moment by moment hoping for and celebrating our victories. But there are times I really need to process how differently things have turned out. </p><p>None of it means I don't accept my son for who he is. As jjj and so many others have said, it's about our own issues and attitudes. Not a reflection of our love or even a true desire to change who our kids are(change some choices they make? Yeah we all have those desires!!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 574174, member: 12886"] Your post isn't offensive mwm, it's where you are and it's a great perspective. But human feelings being what they are, it's normal to grieve the loss of dreams. I have 100% confidence that those of us here, fighting for our kids, loving them intensely, will be happy for them to be whatever they end up being if it is healthy and happy. But life is a process and it is actually healthy to my way of seeing things, to acknowledge our dreams and how they need to change, sadness, anger, all of that is part of grieving. Sometimes it feels just as normal to me to have this isolated kind of patenting experience, living moment by moment hoping for and celebrating our victories. But there are times I really need to process how differently things have turned out. None of it means I don't accept my son for who he is. As jjj and so many others have said, it's about our own issues and attitudes. Not a reflection of our love or even a true desire to change who our kids are(change some choices they make? Yeah we all have those desires!!) [/QUOTE]
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