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Old 02-23-2012, 09:41 PM   #1
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I wrote a blog post today, one that's been nagging at me for quite a while. It's sensitive, but it needed to be written:

http://therealrebeccadiamond.com/when-i-was-your-age
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You are an incredible lady!!!
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Thank you for sharing that
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Thank you for your courage to write that. There are a lot of us here that can relate
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I can relate to a lot of what you wrote. You are an inspiration to have made it to where you are. (I wonder is your DS is a type 2 with his interest in your childhood!)
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Thank you for sharing that. So much of it I can relate to. And I wish more people could come at parenting like this.
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thanks, everyone I'm so sorry that so many of you can identify - but I'm so thankful there's a place on the web like GCM where we can all find healing
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I feel like I have these moments constantly. I'll never forget the revulsion I felt when I looked at my then three year old'daughter and thought about something that had started around then. I had thought about it as a non-parent, and it was horrible, but it was having a child that age to hold a little mirror up to the absolute horror of it.
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I read it yesterday, Reb, and was and all at once. You're amazing, your healing makes my heart overflow with tears and the way you're raising The Boy is inspiring.
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