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> I have decided that after the period of eighteen years of constantly
caring
> for your children and being on hand, comes the endless period of being
> constantly anxious about them!
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>That's definitely true for me. My 22 year old daughter moved out this week
across town and it was amazing how we negotiated the emotions of the leaving
through a flurry of discussion about 'things' - 'things' she might need,
etc. When she finally left we both cried, too, as in your lovely poem. That
day the temperature plummeted and in the evening, as we were having dinner,
there was a knock at the door and it was Jessie home for dinner! We both
laughed. Since, she has been in and out quite often, which is great. It's
different when they go far away, to another country.
Jennifer Harrison, Melbourne
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