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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was raised by a wonderful, amazing and loving single mother (I know who my biological father is but have never met him) and was an only child.  My Mom was killed in an accident when I was 16 and I became a foster kid living with one of my high school teachers.  Through high school, a stint in the army, college, law school and graduate school I made lots of friends, three in particular who are like sisters to me.  And I married the greatest, most loving man in the world.  But it wasn't until I had my baby that I felt the greatest pangs of grief I have even known for my Mom.  I never wanted her to be with me more than when I was a new mother.

So I understand how you would want your parents near you now, OP.  But, like so many things in life, sometimes it helps to remember that someone (me) would give their right arm to have their mother on the other side of the country rather than gone forever.  [/quote]

Thanks for being nicer about it than I could have managed. Both of my parents are dead, the ex is very much out of the picture, and my only sibling lives overseas. To hear someone complain about being lonely when she has parents and a husband and a mommy group...makes me want to choke her. I'm not lonely. I am alone. Great occasional babysitters. Awesome buddies whom I occasionally meet up with for drinks. But, at any given moment, there's only really me. No one else is obligated to these children or to me in the way that a parent would be or a husband.

You sound like a very balanced, warm person, PP. I lost my parents when I was a lot older than you were. It was hell for me. I can't imagine what it must have been like for you. And, still you show compassion for the OP. Hats off!
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