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I want a "do over".....
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 327593" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I hear you. {{{hugs}}}</p><p> </p><p>Maybe you can reframe your do-over. For example, my mom was an alcoholic and I was the perfect child who got A's, was quiet as a mouse, and believed I could rescue her and fix it all. Of course, no matter what I did it was wrong, I was consantly getting screamed at, and there is no way to fix an alcoholic. But I kept trying.</p><p>I feel like I have a second chance now. Even though my difficult child will never be fixed, at least he still asks me to cuddle at night (yes, this rude, pushy, math-flunking, wet-the-bed, rap music 13-yr-old) and he still wants my company. I have met his bio family and know for a fact that he would be on the street now, probably doing drugs and worse, if he had not been sent to us. I have control, at least more than I did when I was a kid. This time, I'm the mom.</p><p>Find something in your life you can do over. Better yet, don't look. Let it come to you. You've got a big heart and lots of love and talent and practice and patience and something will just "happen." </p><p>Really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 327593, member: 3419"] Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I hear you. {{{hugs}}} Maybe you can reframe your do-over. For example, my mom was an alcoholic and I was the perfect child who got A's, was quiet as a mouse, and believed I could rescue her and fix it all. Of course, no matter what I did it was wrong, I was consantly getting screamed at, and there is no way to fix an alcoholic. But I kept trying. I feel like I have a second chance now. Even though my difficult child will never be fixed, at least he still asks me to cuddle at night (yes, this rude, pushy, math-flunking, wet-the-bed, rap music 13-yr-old) and he still wants my company. I have met his bio family and know for a fact that he would be on the street now, probably doing drugs and worse, if he had not been sent to us. I have control, at least more than I did when I was a kid. This time, I'm the mom. Find something in your life you can do over. Better yet, don't look. Let it come to you. You've got a big heart and lots of love and talent and practice and patience and something will just "happen." Really. [/QUOTE]
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