tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post2274310474304796298..comments2023-09-09T08:58:16.226-05:00Comments on Deepest Darkest Thoughts: How People Can Turn Their Backs on Their FamilyTrueselfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04376379968984585345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-73340905331755649112007-01-18T10:44:00.000-06:002007-01-18T10:44:00.000-06:00OB,
Thanks for the support. Yes, I think it's bes...OB,<br />Thanks for the support. Yes, I think it's best to teach kids that you aren't always going to be perfect, that life will knock them for loops occasionally, but that you just get back up, dust yourself off and move forward anyway. Wish somebody had been telling me that as a kid.<br /><br />Cat,<br />Aren't moms wonderful? Let's hope you and I do just a eensy bit better with our kids.Trueselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376379968984585345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-78394455745760818752007-01-16T10:20:00.000-06:002007-01-16T10:20:00.000-06:00Trueself, I can relate to this post. My mom's idea...Trueself, I can relate to this post. My mom's ideal of who I should be is impossible for me to achieve. Sadly I am 36 and it probably took me all of those years to figure that out. My mom and I aren't close but the distance was the only way I could find to be ok.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429112740298181455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-5986263341124919232007-01-15T20:29:00.000-06:002007-01-15T20:29:00.000-06:00Hi Truey, I agree with you a lot that soemtimes th...Hi Truey, I agree with you a lot that soemtimes the expection of ATTAINING pefection, as opposed to the PUSUIT of excellence is a bad strategy for parents. Great ones like mine might not have evn realized they were doing it. <br /><br />I Never ran off, but I did not do any of the things "expected" of me except for college graduation and marrying a nice lady. But I took 6 years to finish my oldbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192748970108799675noreply@blogger.com