If she did not leave and give me room to grow then when she started school I would have been clingy, mistrusting and a distraction at school. Now I am strong enough to be the man she needs weather or not she sees it. Really strange but I respect her for this. We are either going to be better then ever or we will move on as better people for the experience.
IMHO, you're right where you need to be.
Sadness is part of it, but what would a full life be without sadness?
My Dad told me when I was a little girl--"You will have a hard life, cause you're like me--you feel everything. You will feel the deepest pain, but the reward is you will also get to experience the most amazing joy. I hope you don't shy away from it--cause they're two sides of the same coin. You're LUCKY that you can experience those emotions."
And now I realize he was right--I can't trade the painful parts for the joyful parts, because they're yin and yang--they need each other.
P.S. I gotta remember to thank my Papa for that...
It is in the shelter of each other that people live.--Irish proverb
