Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
relinquishment woes
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="change" data-source="post: 200878" data-attributes="member: 4808"><p>Thank you everyone. I had a hard day today. Really...a hard weekend. Relinquishment was Weds. but it's just hitting me now. I ran the Race For The Cure Saturday morning and ran the hell out of it. It's a 5k and I usually get no less than 5th place (usually 3rd) in a fun run in my age group. I don't know the results but I still had energy at the end of this one with so much adrenaline surging through me as I though about everything. I usually run with an ipod but not this time so my mind was really busy. </p><p> </p><p>I LOVE what you wrote "everywoman" about the kind of family, etc. I'm going to keep that in mind from now on. I've heard it before but not so eloquently put. </p><p> </p><p>Adrianne, you made me feel comforted. You really did. All of you do. Yes, we still live in the same home where IT happened. Unfortunately, I too am haunted by "the area" at times. It's upstairs and I avoid going up there sometimes. Other times (like today) I get up there and purge things. It's cathartic. My husband is the only one who seems unaffected at all by the actual rooms or his items. I've tried to part with most of his things. I only hid some photos and a few precious things he made me. Daughter kept some letters (therapist advised her to do this because they said he loved her etc.) My husband is changing careers drastically (artist to mechanical engineer). He's a junior. I think when he's finished with school, we may move away. He has a very probable job prospect with a major oil and gas company he's interned with for the past 3 summers. He already has been asked back for next summer. We live in the oil and gas capital city but this particular company has places worldwide and if you want to career climb you have to be open to "moving around". Because of what's happened, I'm probably open to moving around now. (I wasn't before.) We're in family therapy. No one is in individual therapy. She is in a kind of group therapy for at-risk kids at school. They don't know what happened to her, of course. She's in 8th grade. Yes...it's been rough for her in middle school...all 3 years. She simply has too much emotional baggage and kids don't quit asking about what happened to her brother even tough she's moved schools 3 times (each year).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="change, post: 200878, member: 4808"] Thank you everyone. I had a hard day today. Really...a hard weekend. Relinquishment was Weds. but it's just hitting me now. I ran the Race For The Cure Saturday morning and ran the hell out of it. It's a 5k and I usually get no less than 5th place (usually 3rd) in a fun run in my age group. I don't know the results but I still had energy at the end of this one with so much adrenaline surging through me as I though about everything. I usually run with an ipod but not this time so my mind was really busy. I LOVE what you wrote "everywoman" about the kind of family, etc. I'm going to keep that in mind from now on. I've heard it before but not so eloquently put. Adrianne, you made me feel comforted. You really did. All of you do. Yes, we still live in the same home where IT happened. Unfortunately, I too am haunted by "the area" at times. It's upstairs and I avoid going up there sometimes. Other times (like today) I get up there and purge things. It's cathartic. My husband is the only one who seems unaffected at all by the actual rooms or his items. I've tried to part with most of his things. I only hid some photos and a few precious things he made me. Daughter kept some letters (therapist advised her to do this because they said he loved her etc.) My husband is changing careers drastically (artist to mechanical engineer). He's a junior. I think when he's finished with school, we may move away. He has a very probable job prospect with a major oil and gas company he's interned with for the past 3 summers. He already has been asked back for next summer. We live in the oil and gas capital city but this particular company has places worldwide and if you want to career climb you have to be open to "moving around". Because of what's happened, I'm probably open to moving around now. (I wasn't before.) We're in family therapy. No one is in individual therapy. She is in a kind of group therapy for at-risk kids at school. They don't know what happened to her, of course. She's in 8th grade. Yes...it's been rough for her in middle school...all 3 years. She simply has too much emotional baggage and kids don't quit asking about what happened to her brother even tough she's moved schools 3 times (each year). [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
relinquishment woes
Top