tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799468986145338666.post3638849935251167265..comments2023-10-20T04:48:36.242-07:00Comments on Written: August 2006greeneyes67http://www.blogger.com/profile/01795774254586862564noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799468986145338666.post-63618979026069069922010-05-18T06:46:41.527-07:002010-05-18T06:46:41.527-07:00Thanks Danie! Thanks L. It has taken me a long t...Thanks Danie! Thanks L. It has taken me a long time to reach that point but I'm truly here. I am me and she is herself. What a realization!greeneyes67https://www.blogger.com/profile/01795774254586862564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799468986145338666.post-61729616773859498332010-05-18T03:57:24.489-07:002010-05-18T03:57:24.489-07:00I'm seeeing this reflected in my own family, s...I'm seeeing this reflected in my own family, so I relate to yiour words. The most important and the KEY fact is this: "I can see that she is not me. She is not even an extension of me. She is herself. It has taken many years to get to that point."<br /><br /><br />You're so right and as a parent it's easy to forget theat children are people unto their selves. Methinks the parental ego implies that children are younger clones of themselves. Yet when those children declare or exert their own indy spirits and personalities, it comes as a shock and dissolves the idea that they are little mimi-me's.<br /><br /><br />But you've reached a place of accepting the reality and that's a good place to be!<br /><br /><br />Snatch JOY!<br /><br /><br />One.<br /><br />LMoanerplicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750801733829859144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799468986145338666.post-5527237945784861672010-05-17T22:03:12.207-07:002010-05-17T22:03:12.207-07:00You are a fantastic mother and your kids are lucky...You are a fantastic mother and your kids are lucky to have you.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750240039351553679noreply@blogger.com