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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 90744" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Holidays can be hard when your child isn't there, but you can also look at it as a bit of a relief from the drama that can escalate around the holidays. My definition of a good holiday changed years ago to, "there was minimal drama, so it was good!"</p><p></p><p>As for the perspective issue, I sometimes use an analogy a counselor gave me long ago, actually with respect to my kids' dad. When I would be upset over his craziness, his irrational behavior, she told me to think of him as an alien from another planet. Where he came from, the rules and values were completely different, and he firmly believed they were the RIGHT rules .. therefore I could never convince him otherwise. I just had to accept that. It works :smile:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 90744, member: 1157"] Holidays can be hard when your child isn't there, but you can also look at it as a bit of a relief from the drama that can escalate around the holidays. My definition of a good holiday changed years ago to, "there was minimal drama, so it was good!" As for the perspective issue, I sometimes use an analogy a counselor gave me long ago, actually with respect to my kids' dad. When I would be upset over his craziness, his irrational behavior, she told me to think of him as an alien from another planet. Where he came from, the rules and values were completely different, and he firmly believed they were the RIGHT rules .. therefore I could never convince him otherwise. I just had to accept that. It works [img]:smile:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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