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<blockquote data-quote="Highpockets" data-source="post: 627746" data-attributes="member: 18051"><p>As we speak at nearly 3:00 pm, she is still laying in bed. Was awake around 10:00, but chose to lay in bed. I so appreciate the advice and encouragement. Sometimes we know what we need to do, we just find excuses and reasons to delay. I'm actually familiar with AlAnon, having attended meetings when I was younger. My mother is a (recovering) alcoholic. No doubt this has something to do with my wanting to fix everyone else! I am going to put my expectations in writing and lay it out for her. I don't expect cooperation right away, but maybe soon she'll begin to understand. In the meantime, I am also figuring out my own path, for myself now. I just retired from teaching preschool (ha, I deal way better with little ones) and my husband and I are planning the next couple of years forward to real retirement. We also have a 25 year old daughter who lives with us at the moment while she completes her BA in the fall. She has struggled with serious depression since adolescence, so that's been an additional issue. School was her sanctuary, and while it's taken a long time to get to completion, she hasn't displayed the behavior her sister has, and works and contributes. I'm just really tired of worrying about kids, you know? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Highpockets, post: 627746, member: 18051"] As we speak at nearly 3:00 pm, she is still laying in bed. Was awake around 10:00, but chose to lay in bed. I so appreciate the advice and encouragement. Sometimes we know what we need to do, we just find excuses and reasons to delay. I'm actually familiar with AlAnon, having attended meetings when I was younger. My mother is a (recovering) alcoholic. No doubt this has something to do with my wanting to fix everyone else! I am going to put my expectations in writing and lay it out for her. I don't expect cooperation right away, but maybe soon she'll begin to understand. In the meantime, I am also figuring out my own path, for myself now. I just retired from teaching preschool (ha, I deal way better with little ones) and my husband and I are planning the next couple of years forward to real retirement. We also have a 25 year old daughter who lives with us at the moment while she completes her BA in the fall. She has struggled with serious depression since adolescence, so that's been an additional issue. School was her sanctuary, and while it's taken a long time to get to completion, she hasn't displayed the behavior her sister has, and works and contributes. I'm just really tired of worrying about kids, you know? :) [/QUOTE]
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