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    Can’t stop missing the younger years

    @jackbauer4life I’m sorry. I wish we all had like five children. Then we’d be too busy to feel this pain. (I’m kidding.)
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    Can’t stop missing the younger years

    @travis%E2%80%A0the%E2%80%A0baptist Thanks. I’ve started looking harder for things to pour my energy into. Me and my daughter are not able to have that fun kid energy at all anymore, you’re lucky that it still happens. We had a lot of conflicts during the pandemic with her school being closed...
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    Can’t stop missing the younger years

    @wwjd9876 Be sure you’re making little videos of your kid. I took way more pictures than videos because of the kind of phone I had. I treasure the short videos I have of her talking to me.
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    Can’t stop missing the younger years

    @seniorgirl I’ve read a bit about that book. If she reads it, I bet she’ll appreciate that you never did the things that her mom did to her. But I know what you mean about not feeling all that close anymore.
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    Can’t stop missing the younger years

    @aliahmed I do feel ashamed. It’s a relief to hear you felt that way and that things changed. I know I have to work harder to accept who she is now. There are things that are positive, like we talk the dogs together. But I hate that while we’re doing it, I’m remembering how much fun our walks...
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    Can’t stop missing the younger years

    I’m a 50 year old mother to one child, a 14 year old daughter. I love her and I’m glad she’s independent. She is individuating so hard! I am having a hard time letting go of the things that we used to do… like 4 years ago. Saying I love you when we say good night. She says that’s not her love...
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