tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post1186728250829486463..comments2023-09-28T05:49:32.583-05:00Comments on *** Reunited Selves *** : The Hardest Part of ParentingShenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16635993168913490929noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post-76781295619464689302010-08-24T09:15:20.536-05:002010-08-24T09:15:20.536-05:00Yes, Harriet... that is part of it too. I keep rem...Yes, Harriet... that is part of it too. I keep remembering entering this phase... the days my children were born. I keep thinking about all the years in between, too, when I knew who I was and what my responsibilities were. <br /><br />Floundering here at the end of the line is pretty normal, but that doesn't make it any easier. I imagine we will find our way... in time.Shenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635993168913490929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post-43252206284400339872010-08-24T08:37:17.242-05:002010-08-24T08:37:17.242-05:00Just dropped my daughter off at college too. 1000...Just dropped my daughter off at college too. 1000 miles away from home. It is painful. Not only the feelings of missing her, but the feelings relating to aging and a entire stage of my life being over.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151061142781327531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post-30345283721448121642010-08-22T17:10:17.563-05:002010-08-22T17:10:17.563-05:00I'm sorry Michael. It's hard, isn't it...I'm sorry Michael. It's hard, isn't it?<br /><br />GM, You are right, and for the first time I began to feel some of that on the drive home, yesterday. I began to notice the gratitude for what I had in my relationship with my son. He is amazing and I cherish all the memories and times to come.<br /><br />Yes, Katie... it is proof of how I can love. It's good to know. I do know Shenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635993168913490929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post-14437125987480750492010-08-22T13:10:26.461-05:002010-08-22T13:10:26.461-05:00also shen, thought you might want to know i mentio...also shen, thought you might want to know i mentioned your blog in my last post :)<br /><br />http://sharingourspaces.blogspot.com/2010/08/awareness.htmlme as i amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14709343968813770150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post-64205867492352674992010-08-22T13:02:33.137-05:002010-08-22T13:02:33.137-05:00dear shen~ i'm sorry you're going through ...dear shen~ i'm sorry you're going through this part of life right now that is so sad and tough. <br /><br />i agree with gm though too that i think it's a good sign this is so painful to you, because it shows how deeply you love your child. and for that, i think you're both so lucky. <br /><br />i drove myself to college, it was very lonely and sad. and my car broke down on the me as i amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14709343968813770150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post-1148544194952033052010-08-22T10:52:57.020-05:002010-08-22T10:52:57.020-05:00You know what though the best thing about it is th...You know what though the best thing about it is the feelings, that you are feeling them and yes they are painful and not always fun and games but they allow you to feel alive, to feel human to know what joy and mystery still lives in the world...and ultimately to know love...to love.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127343815869529555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6944698796767874000.post-64408788169910216452010-08-22T10:11:01.092-05:002010-08-22T10:11:01.092-05:00I moved my daughter to Chicago. I am crying still....I moved my daughter to Chicago. I am crying still. That was last October. <br /><br />It is hard.Michael Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875169969480252299noreply@blogger.com