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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 621718" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Here is a strange thing: I was talking to my daughter last night. She was all into mushrooms ~ how they grow, which are poisonous, what the amino acid structure is and how it differs from the amino acid structure of almost all other life forms.</p><p></p><p>It was like talking to my real daughter, again.</p><p></p><p>She gets into things where she has to know everything about whatever it is. I was into mushrooms myself, once. They are the strangest things! And we had one of those conversations where the time flies. As I shifted back into mother mode, the mood changed. Neither of us wanted to go there. difficult child dutifully reported the results of the latest tests and etc. </p><p></p><p>I was so conscious of the shift.</p><p></p><p>So conscious of the who I am with her when I am her mother.</p><p></p><p>I have not reached any conclusions about this. But then, there were your and Echo's posts.</p><p></p><p>This all has something to do with presence and hope and the off-putting that enabling is. But then, moms do become authority figures while our children are young. We are their biggest cheerleaders. It is our job to believe they can do it. The process is supposed to work that, as the kids get stronger, we let that go. As we age, the authority shifts over to the younger, stronger kids, as they come to care for us and eventually, to watch over our deaths.</p><p></p><p>And, like Forrest Gump...that's all I know about that.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 621718, member: 17461"] Here is a strange thing: I was talking to my daughter last night. She was all into mushrooms ~ how they grow, which are poisonous, what the amino acid structure is and how it differs from the amino acid structure of almost all other life forms. It was like talking to my real daughter, again. She gets into things where she has to know everything about whatever it is. I was into mushrooms myself, once. They are the strangest things! And we had one of those conversations where the time flies. As I shifted back into mother mode, the mood changed. Neither of us wanted to go there. difficult child dutifully reported the results of the latest tests and etc. I was so conscious of the shift. So conscious of the who I am with her when I am her mother. I have not reached any conclusions about this. But then, there were your and Echo's posts. This all has something to do with presence and hope and the off-putting that enabling is. But then, moms do become authority figures while our children are young. We are their biggest cheerleaders. It is our job to believe they can do it. The process is supposed to work that, as the kids get stronger, we let that go. As we age, the authority shifts over to the younger, stronger kids, as they come to care for us and eventually, to watch over our deaths. And, like Forrest Gump...that's all I know about that. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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