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This whole Mother's Day thing makes me sad
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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 594192" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>Recovering, it is a miracle, an amazing, awe-inspiring, miraculous thing that, raised and surrounded by those incapable of love...you DO love.</p><p></p><p>Do you remember that old story about the man who, never raised in or loved by a family, had a mirror placed outside the big window at the front of his home? At dinner, and especially, on the Holidays, the man would stand at the window and watch himself, loving and being loved, in the mirror outside.</p><p></p><p>Though he'd gone on to create a loving family for himself, he never lost that chill at the bone that comes from feeling "outside" of the warmth and acceptance others take for granted.</p><p></p><p>Though I first heard it as a child, I've never forgotten that story.</p><p></p><p>Can you see, through my eyes, the triumph in what you have done, in keeping love and compassion and empathy alive in the emotional desert that was your life until your granddaughter was born?</p><p></p><p>Sending the gentlest of hugs for you, Recovering.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 594192, member: 1721"] Recovering, it is a miracle, an amazing, awe-inspiring, miraculous thing that, raised and surrounded by those incapable of love...you DO love. Do you remember that old story about the man who, never raised in or loved by a family, had a mirror placed outside the big window at the front of his home? At dinner, and especially, on the Holidays, the man would stand at the window and watch himself, loving and being loved, in the mirror outside. Though he'd gone on to create a loving family for himself, he never lost that chill at the bone that comes from feeling "outside" of the warmth and acceptance others take for granted. Though I first heard it as a child, I've never forgotten that story. Can you see, through my eyes, the triumph in what you have done, in keeping love and compassion and empathy alive in the emotional desert that was your life until your granddaughter was born? Sending the gentlest of hugs for you, Recovering. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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