tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223340564696735596.post4305444262574134360..comments2023-06-01T02:54:15.817-05:00Comments on Losing My Mind: One moment to the nextPsycho Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310390778188375950noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223340564696735596.post-72849899073910089142012-04-09T08:58:33.689-05:002012-04-09T08:58:33.689-05:00My dear, I appreciate how you feel. It will become...My dear, I appreciate how you feel. It will become your "new normal", but it may never feel right.<br /><br />Toots has been living away from home for 5 1/2 of the last six years, since she was 12. The house is calmer, but my husband and I have never really gotten used to it. <br /><br />I will continue to add my prayers.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651766527624370566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223340564696735596.post-19882352408115343312012-04-06T23:29:57.734-05:002012-04-06T23:29:57.734-05:00This is absolutely okay. Everything you are feelin...This is absolutely okay. Everything you are feeling is yours, own it and don't be afraid of it. It takes a while, and you'll have to retrace your steps, and refold the laundry, and cry buckets over what you did and said and agreed to...But then you'll also look at your family and say "We did this because we love Akila, and us." <br />Know that our family is praying for you, and thinking about you, even as we enter our fifth year of our son being out of our home.AKBradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919849932483550981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223340564696735596.post-8748670804368782142012-04-06T23:01:36.705-05:002012-04-06T23:01:36.705-05:00Wish I could help somehow - consider yourself hugg...Wish I could help somehow - consider yourself hugged. I know that doesn't do much good, but our good thoughts are with you, along with a prayer or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223340564696735596.post-6271122266150754952012-04-06T11:51:59.763-05:002012-04-06T11:51:59.763-05:00Maybe the painting of your kitchen will feel redem...Maybe the painting of your kitchen will feel redemptive--a catharsis for your current grieving over Akila's placement. All things can be redeemed; all things can be made new. <br /><br />Have a blessed Good Friday, Barb, and may all of you have a Happy Easter.Blessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079902364989480862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223340564696735596.post-80921291263624038632012-04-06T09:00:09.188-05:002012-04-06T09:00:09.188-05:00This is totally how it goes. You are completely n...This is totally how it goes. You are completely normal in your grieving. I think in some ways these separations are WORSE than death and i am not trying to be overly-dramatic either: but having someone out there that you love that you cannot see/or live with or in some cases like a foster re-unification, you have no way of knowing how they are or what they will be, is excruciating and there is no "closure"- ever. God bless your day, your relief, your mourning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com