tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post6219761122988295112..comments2023-10-30T08:29:17.005-05:00Comments on colla voce: the beat goes onloriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16197147577070055454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post-75584914722831245882008-08-27T19:40:00.000-05:002008-08-27T19:40:00.000-05:00Thanks, Juls.I totally get the "let go of the moth...Thanks, Juls.<BR/><BR/>I totally get the "let go of the mothering but still be the mother" comment. It is such a fine line already, and gets more and more fine the farther along we progress. Isn't that, after all, what many of us deal with when it comes to our own mothers? We want them to see us as competent adults, yet we want THEM to be the adult when we weary of the role or become uncertain. Remembering this gives me perspective when dealing with my own daughter...loriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197147577070055454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post-19848969572471928452008-08-27T12:08:00.000-05:002008-08-27T12:08:00.000-05:00Just beautiful. It's always inspiring to read your...Just beautiful. It's always inspiring to read your latest.<BR/>Even when we reach 17 the ebb and flow changes to a different beach...Lefty Sloanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708673264247916851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post-44839105165586423022008-08-27T11:05:00.000-05:002008-08-27T11:05:00.000-05:00I know how you feel. I have an 18 year old daught...I know how you feel. I have an 18 year old daughter that graduated in May and wants to have a friend instead of a mother. I have been informed that "friends don't ask friends what time will they be home, where are they going and with whom, etc, etc." I have struggled all Summer with how to let go of the mothering, but still be the mother, if that makes any sense at all. It's heartbreaking to me to not be able to have all those little things I had at one time when my children were little and I was the center of their world. But each day it gets a little easier and I find that I truly like my daughter and I can learn to share her with other people because in the end, I am still her mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com