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How to detach when grandkids are involved.
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 632851" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>You sound like you are "awfulizing" which you can probably figure out means you constantly think about all the bad things that can, will and are going on. I have done that lots in my life. We used to think it would be a miracle if our son was alive at 21...then 25...now we are reaching for 30. Though pretty much now I dont think about that too much.</p><p></p><p>I got a lot of practice in stopping those invading thoughts when my middle son went into the Marines. Let me tell ya, that was one of the hardest times of our lives. We worried night and day about him. I used to dream about a big black car driving up to my house and two Marines in dress blues getting out. Thats what happens when they come to tell you your child has died. I found that I had to read everything I could on being in the Marines, I joined parent support boards and I put stickers on my car. My son's father couldnt even watch MASH. Songs sent us into tears. Months then years taught me how to sleep at night and how to live with what is. Even now I get a catch in my throat if I get a phone call from his area code and its not his number. See, he chose a profession pretty much just as dangerous...he works for the sheriff's dept. I guess my boys just enjoy having me worry...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 632851, member: 1514"] You sound like you are "awfulizing" which you can probably figure out means you constantly think about all the bad things that can, will and are going on. I have done that lots in my life. We used to think it would be a miracle if our son was alive at 21...then 25...now we are reaching for 30. Though pretty much now I dont think about that too much. I got a lot of practice in stopping those invading thoughts when my middle son went into the Marines. Let me tell ya, that was one of the hardest times of our lives. We worried night and day about him. I used to dream about a big black car driving up to my house and two Marines in dress blues getting out. Thats what happens when they come to tell you your child has died. I found that I had to read everything I could on being in the Marines, I joined parent support boards and I put stickers on my car. My son's father couldnt even watch MASH. Songs sent us into tears. Months then years taught me how to sleep at night and how to live with what is. Even now I get a catch in my throat if I get a phone call from his area code and its not his number. See, he chose a profession pretty much just as dangerous...he works for the sheriff's dept. I guess my boys just enjoy having me worry...lol. [/QUOTE]
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