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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 646122" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Oh for heaven's sake. I got so distracted by that imagery of the beggar and the cup that I forgot how important it was to me to hear those words:</p><p></p><p>"We are a strong, tightly knit family that has come through some very hard times."</p><p></p><p>That can be us, can be every one of us, here.</p><p></p><p>Our families are tightly knit, or we wouldn't be here, suffering over the broken places. And it is true too that, one way or another, we will come through this time and whatever is coming next, too.</p><p></p><p>So, in my heart, this is now how I will see my family:</p><p></p><p>"We are a strong, tightly knit family that has come through some very hard times."</p><p></p><p>It may not look like that Hallmark card family I am always mourning around about. But the truth is that my family is tightly knit. The truth is that the kids do manipulate us but the thing I forgot is that those manipulations are come of the situation ~ of the addiction or the illness, of the poverty.</p><p></p><p>I love my children.</p><p></p><p>The story isn't pretty, but it is mine.</p><p></p><p>I think I am getting over the shame of it. That shame piece...I don't know what is happening around that.</p><p></p><p>It is dissolving, somehow.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 646122, member: 17461"] Oh for heaven's sake. I got so distracted by that imagery of the beggar and the cup that I forgot how important it was to me to hear those words: "We are a strong, tightly knit family that has come through some very hard times." That can be us, can be every one of us, here. Our families are tightly knit, or we wouldn't be here, suffering over the broken places. And it is true too that, one way or another, we will come through this time and whatever is coming next, too. So, in my heart, this is now how I will see my family: "We are a strong, tightly knit family that has come through some very hard times." It may not look like that Hallmark card family I am always mourning around about. But the truth is that my family is tightly knit. The truth is that the kids do manipulate us but the thing I forgot is that those manipulations are come of the situation ~ of the addiction or the illness, of the poverty. I love my children. The story isn't pretty, but it is mine. I think I am getting over the shame of it. That shame piece...I don't know what is happening around that. It is dissolving, somehow. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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