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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 84992" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>GG, I guess that if we all had one idea of what a good mother looks like I may feel some guilt but despite my grief at my son's downward spiral I did what was required. I made the best choice I could considering the options. </p><p>When difficult child needed doctors. he got them. When he needed medications, he got them, when he needed us, we were there. When he needed more than we could give, we got him help. It was painful but it stopped his spiral. Even if it didn't work, it was a choice that was made with the best intention. </p><p></p><p>I'll never be mistaken for a madonna like mother but I did what was needed to help my son have a chance at a life. It doesn't look like a Norman Rockwell but it was love and the intent was not to punish but to save them from themselves. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure the source of your wound. Is it that you don't see your daughter as achieving and success as reason enough to heal the wound? </p><p>So by some standard we may not appear like a good mother but we did what our children needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 84992, member: 3"] GG, I guess that if we all had one idea of what a good mother looks like I may feel some guilt but despite my grief at my son's downward spiral I did what was required. I made the best choice I could considering the options. When difficult child needed doctors. he got them. When he needed medications, he got them, when he needed us, we were there. When he needed more than we could give, we got him help. It was painful but it stopped his spiral. Even if it didn't work, it was a choice that was made with the best intention. I'll never be mistaken for a madonna like mother but I did what was needed to help my son have a chance at a life. It doesn't look like a Norman Rockwell but it was love and the intent was not to punish but to save them from themselves. I'm not sure the source of your wound. Is it that you don't see your daughter as achieving and success as reason enough to heal the wound? So by some standard we may not appear like a good mother but we did what our children needed. [/QUOTE]
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