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When the long term future for your child is very bleak....
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 122955" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>About 3 years ago, husband and I finally faced up to the reality that difficult child will not likely be able to live a "normal" life. Strangely, I found it to be a freeing moment. Instead of having all sorts of interventions and programs to try and make difficult child more "normal", for the last couple of years we have focused on putting the supports in place that will allow difficult child to live his own life.</p><p></p><p>I still have moments where I mourn for the life he might have had, I think that's more about me and my dreams than about difficult child and his dreams. He seems happy in his life right now. </p><p></p><p> difficult child will probably never be able to live independently, but he will have all the supports he needs in order to live as independently as he chooses. He is making the transition from therapeutic Residential Treatment Center (RTC) to adult assisted living, and he seems very excited. He still has 24/7 staff support, but it's much more like "his own place" than like a group home. difficult child may never have a job. But I'm trying to learn to stop wanting that for him. difficult child seems happy for the first time in his life, and I'm learning to be happy with him and for him.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 122955, member: 3907"] About 3 years ago, husband and I finally faced up to the reality that difficult child will not likely be able to live a "normal" life. Strangely, I found it to be a freeing moment. Instead of having all sorts of interventions and programs to try and make difficult child more "normal", for the last couple of years we have focused on putting the supports in place that will allow difficult child to live his own life. I still have moments where I mourn for the life he might have had, I think that's more about me and my dreams than about difficult child and his dreams. He seems happy in his life right now. difficult child will probably never be able to live independently, but he will have all the supports he needs in order to live as independently as he chooses. He is making the transition from therapeutic Residential Treatment Center (RTC) to adult assisted living, and he seems very excited. He still has 24/7 staff support, but it's much more like "his own place" than like a group home. difficult child may never have a job. But I'm trying to learn to stop wanting that for him. difficult child seems happy for the first time in his life, and I'm learning to be happy with him and for him. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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