tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403012862465891608.post7986276248633723012..comments2010-10-10T12:14:49.716-07:00Comments on Eve's Daughters of Oregon: A lesson from graduationEve's Daughtershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15444994340531910735noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403012862465891608.post-68730926192199093812010-06-22T12:22:02.752-07:002010-06-22T12:22:02.752-07:00I am also thinking about how my life is better sin...I am also thinking about how my life is better since my daughter has become an adult. I get to enjoy her perspectives on life and see that she carries with her some of the things I taught her. I hurt when she struggles and wish I could kiss it and make it well, but I couldn't do that before. I give something different to her and I get something wonderful back -- most of the time :.)Kathyhttp://ptii1521@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403012862465891608.post-7858121842377525132010-06-21T17:07:44.290-07:002010-06-21T17:07:44.290-07:00Thanks Melinda...wise comments! I so much enjoyed ...Thanks Melinda...wise comments! I so much enjoyed being "present" and so much enjoyed looking back! I suppose the future is all about perspective...and a positive one! I am so proud of my son and all that he has become. I wondered if I would make it...if we would make it...and we did! Thanks for reading and commenting...cathyEve's Daughtershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444994340531910735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403012862465891608.post-76314455228712333032010-06-21T12:07:45.840-07:002010-06-21T12:07:45.840-07:00I am not so sure that the habit needs to change, a...I am not so sure that the habit needs to change, as much as it needs to be acknowledged and made peace with...by you. You are who you are and react the way you do. That is OK. For me, anyway, it has been hardest to make peace with who I am. <br /><br />I, too, just made my way through graduation season. It is poignant and it should be. It is an appropriate time to review and take stock. It is a reasonable time to mourn the chapter now closed and celebrate the chapter that is next.<br /><br />Your son may not be a child any more, but you will always be his mom. Let me assure you, based on my own experience with older sons, the relationship that unfolds with our adult 'kids' is wonderful. You are going to be thrilled and delighted by it.<br /><br />Congratulations!Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16038530278329350671noreply@blogger.com