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<blockquote data-quote="KFld" data-source="post: 50956" data-attributes="member: 2442"><p>You are in the process of grieving the loss of where and what you thought your daughter was going to be doing at this point in her life. It's a normal process that we all go through. I know it doesn't seem possible, but these are things you will get over someday and realize in the big scheme of things, they aren't the most important. My 20 year old difficult child never went to prom, graduated but didn't participate in the ceremony and missed many other things that I wanted him to participate in. At the time those things he missed devastated me, but now that he is an 8 months clean recovering heroin addict, which at this time last year I didn't think would be possible, those things he missed in his life seem pretty trivial. These things he missed were much more important to me then they were to him. He doesn't think back and regret that he missed prom, etc., he thinks back and realizes how lucky he is to be clean and alive right now.</p><p></p><p>Let yourself grieve. If you don't you won't ever work through it. My easy child daughter will graduate high school next year so I am lucky enough to have her, because I can watch her do all the things her brother didn't do,and at the same time I am very very proud of the progress my son has made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KFld, post: 50956, member: 2442"] You are in the process of grieving the loss of where and what you thought your daughter was going to be doing at this point in her life. It's a normal process that we all go through. I know it doesn't seem possible, but these are things you will get over someday and realize in the big scheme of things, they aren't the most important. My 20 year old difficult child never went to prom, graduated but didn't participate in the ceremony and missed many other things that I wanted him to participate in. At the time those things he missed devastated me, but now that he is an 8 months clean recovering heroin addict, which at this time last year I didn't think would be possible, those things he missed in his life seem pretty trivial. These things he missed were much more important to me then they were to him. He doesn't think back and regret that he missed prom, etc., he thinks back and realizes how lucky he is to be clean and alive right now. Let yourself grieve. If you don't you won't ever work through it. My easy child daughter will graduate high school next year so I am lucky enough to have her, because I can watch her do all the things her brother didn't do,and at the same time I am very very proud of the progress my son has made. [/QUOTE]
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