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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 759921" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I found this sentence so very painful. I know what keeps me attached is this. The remembrance of the child my son was whose potential I believe is trapped inside his 32-year-old body. Of course, this can't be true. Of course, it's illusory. </p><p></p><p>I don't know what to do with this. To surrender the illusion is to give up part of myself, my life. To hold onto the illusion is to stay attached to someone, something who no longer exists.</p><p></p><p>I think that because we are mothers there is a biological imperative to maintain the tie. Even in the Bible how many instances are there of the fidelity of parents to a memory of a child. Mothers and fathers, too, keep the fire of memory burning for their child to return. </p><p></p><p>I am not arguing one way or another because I can see and feel the costs either way. I am only expressing how sad and difficult this is for helpless and for the rest of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 759921, member: 18958"] I found this sentence so very painful. I know what keeps me attached is this. The remembrance of the child my son was whose potential I believe is trapped inside his 32-year-old body. Of course, this can't be true. Of course, it's illusory. I don't know what to do with this. To surrender the illusion is to give up part of myself, my life. To hold onto the illusion is to stay attached to someone, something who no longer exists. I think that because we are mothers there is a biological imperative to maintain the tie. Even in the Bible how many instances are there of the fidelity of parents to a memory of a child. Mothers and fathers, too, keep the fire of memory burning for their child to return. I am not arguing one way or another because I can see and feel the costs either way. I am only expressing how sad and difficult this is for helpless and for the rest of us. [/QUOTE]
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