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Jan 27, 2009 20:04


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katheye January 28 2009, 05:34:13 UTC
Thanks! I didn't know you were still on lj... :D Missed you--all of you actually--over the holidays!

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syzygy213 January 28 2009, 07:58:06 UTC
what a beautiful picture.. :D

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katheye February 4 2009, 04:43:31 UTC
Oh you sweet girl! Thank you. I didn't want to have children either for the same reasons as you as well as a fear of becoming my mother (unhappy, mean). The decision crept up on me in dreams and I've never regretted it. I have no doubt that I have grown far deeper and more loving than I would have otherwise and in the process found many of my childhood wounds healing as I was able to become the mother I couldn't have--and I think my mother's gift to me was the clarity I had about what love really is... I'm a better mother, ironically, for the loving acceptance I didn't receive myself ( ... )

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