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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 728472" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>I guess the easiest way to describe it is this, I no longer have feelings of guilt nor do I have feelings of the need to swoop in and save him.</p><p>Once I truly accepted that he is a grown man making his own choices, good or bad and that he's living life on his terms, was I able to really let go.</p><p>It's in the acceptance. Please note, accepting that he's going to live his life in his own way does not mean that I like it. I still hate that he makes poor choices and is homeless (other than being in jail for now) but I had to accept it to let it go. I'm not getting any younger and I have allowed my son to dominate years of my life with his chaos, no more. I deserve to live my life and be happy, we all deserve that.</p><p>Detaching with love is just that, we let go of them but we still love them and loving them does not equate to rescuing them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 728472, member: 18516"] I guess the easiest way to describe it is this, I no longer have feelings of guilt nor do I have feelings of the need to swoop in and save him. Once I truly accepted that he is a grown man making his own choices, good or bad and that he's living life on his terms, was I able to really let go. It's in the acceptance. Please note, accepting that he's going to live his life in his own way does not mean that I like it. I still hate that he makes poor choices and is homeless (other than being in jail for now) but I had to accept it to let it go. I'm not getting any younger and I have allowed my son to dominate years of my life with his chaos, no more. I deserve to live my life and be happy, we all deserve that. Detaching with love is just that, we let go of them but we still love them and loving them does not equate to rescuing them. [/QUOTE]
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