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To: mouse1

You have my prayers.

The hard truth is that we can’t let a sinking family member take us down with them. We can’t let ourselves become so sad and discouraged ourselves that we can’t parent anymore, or enjoy life, or keep our faith.

Your daughter needs to see you still love life, and her, and that you intend to go on. She deserves a life that is kept intact as much as possible. Let her see you love your husband and are praying for him, but that you have accepted that you can’t help him until he wants help. Prayer is so powerful; it is the best thing you two can do for him.

Just my 2 cents from a wealth of experience. I’ll be thinking of you and praying for you two also.


54 posted on 01/12/2010 5:45:24 PM PST by Melian ("Here's the moral of the story: Catholic witness has a cost." ~Archbishop Charles Chaput)
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To: Melian

“The hard truth is that we can’t let a sinking family member take us down with them.”

In sickness and in health.

You can’t discard a spouse because he or she gets sick on you.


61 posted on 01/12/2010 10:56:41 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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