tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post3481221081224057639..comments2024-03-21T07:04:24.033-04:00Comments on THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Breaking Up is Hard to DoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368028391616959419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-60107364560752601142011-11-23T19:57:54.410-05:002011-11-23T19:57:54.410-05:00Thank-you, soooo much for sharing your story with ...Thank-you, soooo much for sharing your story with us! As, mothers we like to protect our babies and my heart goes out to you and what you are having to face.<br />I wasa foster mom to children with special needs and it is hard. God Bless You!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-74741470721086064602011-11-18T22:03:08.902-05:002011-11-18T22:03:08.902-05:00Thanks for sharing, Donna. I have been thinking a...Thanks for sharing, Donna. I have been thinking about transition too. I wish I had some advice, but I don't have any words of wisdom. I just wish everyone the best. Even some of my friends whose children have gone off to college are dealing with home sickness as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-18235168198551896922011-11-18T18:09:05.648-05:002011-11-18T18:09:05.648-05:00Hi Donna: Thanks so much for sharing this post. It...Hi Donna: Thanks so much for sharing this post. It's so important for those of us who aren't yet at this stage to understand the process.<br /><br />You made a perfect analogy to the charades in terms of Nick suddenly being with people who don't get his 'language.' I can't imagine how frustrating and infuriating that must be.<br /><br />I think we underestimate just how perceptive we are to our child's needs -- how finely we are able to "read" them.<br /><br />It helps to understand this process from the parent and adult son perspectives.<br /><br />It is sooooo hard to let go to enable our child to make these transitions. I can only compare it to the first time Ben went away to camp -- at 15 -- or to putting him in a mainstream school this year. The urge to protect is so great!<br /><br />I look forward to hearing more as Nick gets more settled and as those around him get to know him better.<br /><br />I haven't heard from Eva yet, but I did post a blog by one of her colleagues today - http://bloom-parentingkidswithdisabilities.blogspot.com/2011/11/third-parent.html<br /><br />I'm so glad you told me about Eva and her book -- Cognitive Disability and its Challenge to Moral Philosophy.<br /><br />Take care! LouiseBLOOM - Parenting Kids With Disabilitieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901482901008135659noreply@blogger.com