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<blockquote data-quote="eekysign" data-source="post: 225507" data-attributes="member: 6479"><p>I totally understand. I was just having this exact conversation with my best friend last night. I talked to Mom and Sis yesterday, they'd gotten the tree and were decorating. Sis chopped it down herself, and when I called, was wrapped up in an entire string of lights and laughing. She chattered happily to me for about 20min on the phone. She's at home, in therapy, and seems to be doing better than usual....right now.</p><p></p><p>I was telling the best friend about the "little ball of tension" that lives in my stomach every holiday. Everything's going well, and everything usually goes OK....until the holiday itself, when all heck breaks loose, and then the screaming, the throwing, the hitting, the anger shows up. But every year, you DO get your hopes up----and you think, "Oh! Maybe this year will be different, and I can get that warm fuzzy feeling I used to get on holidays, pre-difficult child. That amazing, all-is-right-with-the-world feeling."</p><p></p><p>And then, every year, it doesn't quite work out like that. You never do get used to it. You're absolutely right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eekysign, post: 225507, member: 6479"] I totally understand. I was just having this exact conversation with my best friend last night. I talked to Mom and Sis yesterday, they'd gotten the tree and were decorating. Sis chopped it down herself, and when I called, was wrapped up in an entire string of lights and laughing. She chattered happily to me for about 20min on the phone. She's at home, in therapy, and seems to be doing better than usual....right now. I was telling the best friend about the "little ball of tension" that lives in my stomach every holiday. Everything's going well, and everything usually goes OK....until the holiday itself, when all heck breaks loose, and then the screaming, the throwing, the hitting, the anger shows up. But every year, you DO get your hopes up----and you think, "Oh! Maybe this year will be different, and I can get that warm fuzzy feeling I used to get on holidays, pre-difficult child. That amazing, all-is-right-with-the-world feeling." And then, every year, it doesn't quite work out like that. You never do get used to it. You're absolutely right. [/QUOTE]
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