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Christina Sunstone's avatar

Try to remember, in 20 years -- when someone else you love can't save themselves -- that you learned certain patterns in loving your mom. And if you're like me, you may find yourself trying to relive those patterns, only this time you're going to SUCCEED. Because you're older, wiser, better equipped than that little girl who loved her somewhat broken mom. And then try to remember: you're not that little girl, this person 20 years from now is not your mom, and no amount of love will fix it all. Easier said than done.

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Katharine Strange's avatar

thanks, Christina. It's a hard lesson to learn, but I appreciate your encouragement <3

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Stephanie Alter Jones's avatar

Oh yes! If only we could just grab onto certainty and never let go! Except…no, that’s not so good either. Mindfully muddle-it’s all I’ve got to recommend here 🤷

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Katharine Strange's avatar

Ugh, yes! Whyyyyyyyy do things have to chaaaaaaaange?

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Kathy Hawks's avatar

Such a great piece! You make me realize our current national/global craziness forces me to not only learn more about how our government works as it is dismantled (like only learning how my car works when a repair is needed), but I'm also having to develop a working anatomy of anxiety, as it discombobulates parts of me and my life I generally think I handle pretty well. I appreciate having a couple new categories for it, and I especially appreciate you tying that to your own experience. Thank you!

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Katharine Strange's avatar

thanks, Kathy! Glad we can muddle through this anxious season together

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Jennifer L.W. Fink's avatar

Sending you love as you navigate your specific circumstances, & thanking you for sharing this b/c it resonates w me as well. Like you, I'm a "dig to find the answers" person. And I find it hard to relax amid continuing uncertainty; I want to keep searching for the answers! As we're all learning, there aren't always answers and there is often uncertainty.

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Katharine Strange's avatar

Thanks, Jennifer <3

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

Stoicism gets me through it all!

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Katharine Strange's avatar

I don't want Stoicisim to be the answer, but it increasingly appears to be so!

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

Not enough romance in the world for you with Stoicism? I’m resolutely non-Romantic, so it suits me well.

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Katharine Strange's avatar

More like my husband is a fan and I don't want him to be right?! :D

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

I don't think there "right," just right for you.

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