I'm still hanging in there!

Not long after I posted, my daughter decided to tell me after her appointment with her psychiatrist that she felt she was parenting herself. That I wasn't parenting her. She said "You don't feed me!" I couldn't believe it. I asked her "What am I supposed to do? Force food down your throat? You won't eat anything I make for dinner." She couldn't tell me what it was that I wasn't doing to "parent her". I was so angry and hurt. It took me a day until I could actually validate her feelings. I didn't validate what she said but I did validate how she felt. And doing that takes a lot of energy (which I didn't exactly have).

Anyhow, the days went by and finally I had a few good days. I actually felt happy last week. Lots of Nature Walks. Makes me feel better to see and hear all those birds.

My daughter actually spent last weekend with her dad and enjoyed it. His girlfriend moved out. I was shocked but relieved at the same time. Just thinking that I'm finally going to have a break feels good. Can't wait till next weekend. Both my kids will be with him. I will have only me to take care of. :-) (Well, as long as she doesn't decide she doesn't want to go! Keeping my fingers crossed!)

Take care everyone and thank you so much for your support.