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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 573190" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Good morning dstc. I'm sorry it's all come to this, however, in the big picture you may discover a silver lining. My now 16 year old granddaughter, whom I have guardianship of (because my difficult child daughter is not capable of raising her because of her mental illness) made a choice similar to your daughters. When my granddaughter was 14 she went to live with her other grandmother, there was much defiance, rebellion and anger and I was against that move, but I went along with it. Very similar to your story. After the initial shock wore off, she and I began communicating by phone, she always called me. After 6 months she wanted to come home but she had made a commitment with her other grandmother to stay the whole school year, minimally, so I said no. She came back in exactly one year, (she was far away in another state so we did not see each other at all, plus her other grandmother made everything extremely difficult) When she returned, she was a different kid, on her own, through her own choice, she realized how much she loved me and how much I meant to her, she used the phrase, "I had an epiphany" and I didn't really believe it at first, but she's been home a year and a half now and she is literally a different person. A joy to be around. Appreciative, respectful, she values me and our home and feels lucky to have our family. She had to do it her way and find out for herself. You don't know what the future holds. The time without your daughter may offer you peace of mind and a needed break from all the drama and your daughter may have an epiphany of her own. Hang in there, it all could work out better then you can imagine right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 573190, member: 13542"] Good morning dstc. I'm sorry it's all come to this, however, in the big picture you may discover a silver lining. My now 16 year old granddaughter, whom I have guardianship of (because my difficult child daughter is not capable of raising her because of her mental illness) made a choice similar to your daughters. When my granddaughter was 14 she went to live with her other grandmother, there was much defiance, rebellion and anger and I was against that move, but I went along with it. Very similar to your story. After the initial shock wore off, she and I began communicating by phone, she always called me. After 6 months she wanted to come home but she had made a commitment with her other grandmother to stay the whole school year, minimally, so I said no. She came back in exactly one year, (she was far away in another state so we did not see each other at all, plus her other grandmother made everything extremely difficult) When she returned, she was a different kid, on her own, through her own choice, she realized how much she loved me and how much I meant to her, she used the phrase, "I had an epiphany" and I didn't really believe it at first, but she's been home a year and a half now and she is literally a different person. A joy to be around. Appreciative, respectful, she values me and our home and feels lucky to have our family. She had to do it her way and find out for herself. You don't know what the future holds. The time without your daughter may offer you peace of mind and a needed break from all the drama and your daughter may have an epiphany of her own. Hang in there, it all could work out better then you can imagine right now. [/QUOTE]
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