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<blockquote data-quote="eekysign" data-source="post: 281804" data-attributes="member: 6479"><p>Yeah, you're not alone. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I was just thinking the other day, that no matter how much "better" Sis is doing, I still miss the little kid that I taught to sing "Joy to the World (the "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" version)" in the bathtub. </p><p></p><p>Not 'cause she was younger, but because I could just have fun with her without having that whipped-dog "when will the levy break?" feeling. The constant wariness is tiring, and takes just a little of the brightness out of the best of days.</p><p></p><p>I'm with the others. Take some time for yourself. Or.....make brownies. Tell difficult child you made them, and to go have one. Then grin and walk away, before it occurs to you that a "normal" kid woulda said thanks. Sometimes doing something nice for Sis, even if she'd been a total brat lately, always made me feel a little better. Sometime she noticed and was a joy for a few hours, sometimes not. But hey, it helped ME. Oh, and then, there are also brownies, which make everything better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eekysign, post: 281804, member: 6479"] Yeah, you're not alone. :) I was just thinking the other day, that no matter how much "better" Sis is doing, I still miss the little kid that I taught to sing "Joy to the World (the "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" version)" in the bathtub. Not 'cause she was younger, but because I could just have fun with her without having that whipped-dog "when will the levy break?" feeling. The constant wariness is tiring, and takes just a little of the brightness out of the best of days. I'm with the others. Take some time for yourself. Or.....make brownies. Tell difficult child you made them, and to go have one. Then grin and walk away, before it occurs to you that a "normal" kid woulda said thanks. Sometimes doing something nice for Sis, even if she'd been a total brat lately, always made me feel a little better. Sometime she noticed and was a joy for a few hours, sometimes not. But hey, it helped ME. Oh, and then, there are also brownies, which make everything better. [/QUOTE]
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