Mutatio, I feel lately that I have nothing to add to your threads so I've been quiet but following you. My kids fight all the time but they are still small so I can break it up, I certainly hope they aren't still doing it when they are in full grown bodies. I remember once my brother hit me when I was maybe 16 and he was 15, he hit me in the face and broke my glasses in half ON my face. My Dad went ballistic and guess what? He never touched me again. Actually we are having a very nice conversation via text as I am posting this. All better, good sibling relationship with no violence in 30 years. So I think you did the right thing. But your daughter can't put her hands on him either. Parenting can really suck sometimes.
I started really dropping the rope a couple of weeks ago and it has helped so much. Dropping the rope literally feels like a weight off my shoulders. I stand a little straighter, see things a little brighter, music even sounds better. Its like a long time ago when we watched tv on an antenna and you sometimes had to move the antenna a bit to get a better focus? Well, when I dropped the rope suddenly everything clicked into focus a little better. It's hard to explain but EVERY thing feels better. Drop that rope. Ironically since I dropped it suddenly it seems like H is hovering over me. Asking me a lot of questions. Actually to the point where it is annoying, I want my space. A few times he has asked me if I wanted to go to the store with him, or whatever, and I really didn't and said so. Just 2 weeks ago I would have been out the door and in his car so fast to anyplace he asked me, even if I didn't want to go. So that's how I know its really dropped, and not just me acting as if.
If you can find a way to detach for real you will feel so much better. Maybe your welding class will be a part of it.
