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<blockquote data-quote="Littleboylost" data-source="post: 718466" data-attributes="member: 21895"><p>SWOT thank you for your kind words and insight.</p><p></p><p>for me it is all the kids my son has gone to school with for all his years. I do know there back stories. It is not so much jealousy as it is loss of a dream. I respect it was my hope and my dream. I understand my sons life is his to choose what he does. And I agree it is not Simply the fact that they are not moving forward in school but are slipping through the cracks of a positive life down the path of drugs, addiction and dispair. These kids venturing off to positive options in life are certainly not spared all hardship.</p><p></p><p>As a right of passage and an hope, a dream or expectation is lost, we grieve. To heal we have to embrace our grief; accept it and feel what we feel. I am not jealous for these children, I am happy for them but it pulls at my beats stage of grief. </p><p></p><p>I for one would be happier if my son chose to do anything positive not just school.</p><p></p><p>I put myself through nursing college, an undergraduate in health administration and an MBA with no support from my parents. We also put my husband through university as an adult. It is hard for us to understand why someone who would have had anything he desired would choose to throw his life away.</p><p></p><p>I posted a memory of a back to school in the past that made me proud and happy about my son.</p><p></p><p>You are right we deserve to be good and kind to ourselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Littleboylost, post: 718466, member: 21895"] SWOT thank you for your kind words and insight. for me it is all the kids my son has gone to school with for all his years. I do know there back stories. It is not so much jealousy as it is loss of a dream. I respect it was my hope and my dream. I understand my sons life is his to choose what he does. And I agree it is not Simply the fact that they are not moving forward in school but are slipping through the cracks of a positive life down the path of drugs, addiction and dispair. These kids venturing off to positive options in life are certainly not spared all hardship. As a right of passage and an hope, a dream or expectation is lost, we grieve. To heal we have to embrace our grief; accept it and feel what we feel. I am not jealous for these children, I am happy for them but it pulls at my beats stage of grief. I for one would be happier if my son chose to do anything positive not just school. I put myself through nursing college, an undergraduate in health administration and an MBA with no support from my parents. We also put my husband through university as an adult. It is hard for us to understand why someone who would have had anything he desired would choose to throw his life away. I posted a memory of a back to school in the past that made me proud and happy about my son. You are right we deserve to be good and kind to ourselves. [/QUOTE]
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