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<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 86829" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>Thank you so much for all the replies. It's wonderful to see just how much in common we have: lessons learned, challenges met & goals attained. I'm surely in great company with the parents from this forum.</p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: totoro</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I thought about this last night after saw TM post it... I don't want to sound too depressing, but as I thought about this I honestly never had any dreams...</div></div></p><p></p><p>{{{totoro}}}</p><p>I'm so happy your life has turned around so much from your childhood. You must be a very brave, resilient & strong person to have survived and thrived despite your upbringing. I, too, had a difficult childhood even if it wasn't to the same level of pain and emotional strain as yours. I can remember clearly being 11 years old and sitting on my front porch for hours one evening... just <em>thinking </em>. I became keenly aware of just how dysfunctional my family was. And also how desperately I wanted my future family to escape the chaos, mental illness and addiction that plagued my world. It would be almost 22 years later before my Duckie was born, but I knew that night I would move heaven & earth to protect my children and to shield them wherever possible. My friends wanted to grow up to practice a certain career, marry their childhood crush, or be rich & famous. I just wanted to be happy. To be content, really. And to not feel guilty because others in my family were still tormented by their particular demons.</p><p>And I am happy, maybe a little to rushed and stressed to be content, but happy. I have a lot to be happy about when I take an inventory: a strong marriage, a beautiful daughter that completes our family, decent health, pets I adore, a comfortable home, many friends and activities I find very fulfilling. And even though Duckie is a difficult child, I still have hope for her. I pray for continued improvement & functionality. I pray that she will get to be happy when she grows up too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 86829, member: 1722"] Thank you so much for all the replies. It's wonderful to see just how much in common we have: lessons learned, challenges met & goals attained. I'm surely in great company with the parents from this forum. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: totoro</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I thought about this last night after saw TM post it... I don't want to sound too depressing, but as I thought about this I honestly never had any dreams...</div></div> {{{totoro}}} I'm so happy your life has turned around so much from your childhood. You must be a very brave, resilient & strong person to have survived and thrived despite your upbringing. I, too, had a difficult childhood even if it wasn't to the same level of pain and emotional strain as yours. I can remember clearly being 11 years old and sitting on my front porch for hours one evening... just [i]thinking [/i]. I became keenly aware of just how dysfunctional my family was. And also how desperately I wanted my future family to escape the chaos, mental illness and addiction that plagued my world. It would be almost 22 years later before my Duckie was born, but I knew that night I would move heaven & earth to protect my children and to shield them wherever possible. My friends wanted to grow up to practice a certain career, marry their childhood crush, or be rich & famous. I just wanted to be happy. To be content, really. And to not feel guilty because others in my family were still tormented by their particular demons. And I am happy, maybe a little to rushed and stressed to be content, but happy. I have a lot to be happy about when I take an inventory: a strong marriage, a beautiful daughter that completes our family, decent health, pets I adore, a comfortable home, many friends and activities I find very fulfilling. And even though Duckie is a difficult child, I still have hope for her. I pray for continued improvement & functionality. I pray that she will get to be happy when she grows up too. [/QUOTE]
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