Our children grow in many directions as they mature into adulthood.
They learn new skills, acquire new friends, and move into their generation of activities.
But what about your own growth?
What if it is taking you farther away from your children?
As you resolve issues from the past that you did not have time to address while you were raising them, you may find yourself moving in an entirely different direction, one that is completely new to you.
Your greater range of experiences may put you out of reach emotionally, because your children simply have no way to relate to them.
Moving into new territory like this requires courage.
Resolving your own life issues is not for sissies!
What you are establishing for yourself goes beyond the family “traditions” promoted by commercial holidays.
You are establishing a deep grounding which you have never had before.
While you were raising your children, you took care of them in the best possible ways you could at the time using all the resources you could possibly bring to bear.
Now, it is time for you to discover how to take care of yourself in the best possible ways you can.
Your work with your children is complete, even when you continue to get together.
You are no longer raising them.
Now you can complete the work to expand your own life.
It is time.
© 2017 Kathryn Hardage
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