Oh Charisse this hit me in the gut. I cherish those friendships from school and am lucky enough to have held onto several. But for me this is a double edged sword as there’s a sadness that sits like a lead balloon in my heart knowing that my youngest, now 18, has missed all this. Physically out of school since age 12, bullied, misunderstood, COVID, anxiety. I see the grief as they know what they have missed and I can’t give that back to them. The pain of the mother who can’t fix things in the same way as when they were little and you could pick them up and sweep them away from the pain.
Thank you, beautiful, painful, resonant.
Hope you’re well Charisse💚 Been missing our sessions x
My daughter did not form friendships like this either. It can’t be fixed and my heart has ached for her for years. But maybe it’s ok that our paths are different. It must be, because it is.
Oh Charisse this hit me in the gut. I cherish those friendships from school and am lucky enough to have held onto several. But for me this is a double edged sword as there’s a sadness that sits like a lead balloon in my heart knowing that my youngest, now 18, has missed all this. Physically out of school since age 12, bullied, misunderstood, COVID, anxiety. I see the grief as they know what they have missed and I can’t give that back to them. The pain of the mother who can’t fix things in the same way as when they were little and you could pick them up and sweep them away from the pain.
Thank you, beautiful, painful, resonant.
Hope you’re well Charisse💚 Been missing our sessions x
My daughter did not form friendships like this either. It can’t be fixed and my heart has ached for her for years. But maybe it’s ok that our paths are different. It must be, because it is.
I like this way of looking at it. It's comforting x