Sometimes I am not so sure how much people appreciate my rusty, nail-studded, 2by4s! I am happy to share them however. I just often don't tell people what they want to hear.
I, for one, live for them!
Originally Posted by BluWave
I spend so many hours in the car with my teen and we talk about everything. I feel so lucky to have that R with her. ... I also need to recognize that I cannot project my own feelings of loss in my childhood onto them and push them too hard
I think so often about my relationship with my 4 year old daughter, more and more as she gets older and becomes her own person. When I think about the future, more than anything I hope to be someone she can and will talk to about everything. Building and maintaining that level of trust and communication (and not repeating the way I was parented) with her is my main goal and I think about it every single day. Yes, you are lucky, and you should definitely let yourself take some of the credit for creating that bond with your daughter! I hope so deeply that the improved self awareness my marital situation has brought me will help me cultivate the same with mine.
