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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 545208"><p>I guess I am still stuck in the struggle of family transitions, parenting transitions, transitions transitions transitions. I struggle with accepting my new family of 4 (or is it 5?) without mourning the family I wanted/I thought we had if that makes sense. Wondering what to say when people innocently ask about my older son; "how does he like school?" "are you enjoying having him home for the summer?" simple every day pleasantries - with people expecting a nod and a smile and not a 5 minute sob story. I vacillate between the two - sometimes it's a "great and yours?" other times it's a "um, hmmm, hem haw, ummmm...well; he's doing the rebellion thing and I have no idea where he is...." or even "he decided to change his major from biology to partying/marijuana, and we are not often in touch"</p><p></p><p>Even happy times carry a bit of a rainy cloud...wishing difficult child were with us, wishing difficult child weren't a difficult child, wondering what kind of mother can be happy when her kid is so far away...</p><p></p><p>whining again...</p><p></p><p>but that's my struggle...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 545208"] I guess I am still stuck in the struggle of family transitions, parenting transitions, transitions transitions transitions. I struggle with accepting my new family of 4 (or is it 5?) without mourning the family I wanted/I thought we had if that makes sense. Wondering what to say when people innocently ask about my older son; "how does he like school?" "are you enjoying having him home for the summer?" simple every day pleasantries - with people expecting a nod and a smile and not a 5 minute sob story. I vacillate between the two - sometimes it's a "great and yours?" other times it's a "um, hmmm, hem haw, ummmm...well; he's doing the rebellion thing and I have no idea where he is...." or even "he decided to change his major from biology to partying/marijuana, and we are not often in touch" Even happy times carry a bit of a rainy cloud...wishing difficult child were with us, wishing difficult child weren't a difficult child, wondering what kind of mother can be happy when her kid is so far away... whining again... but that's my struggle... [/QUOTE]
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