Fr«n a Parent
Several years ago, when we
produced a television
special about divorce, a
woman in the studio
audience stood up to tell us
something that had been
enormously helpfrl for her,
as a girl. when her parents
divorced. She said,
"I will always be gratefid
to my mom because she
encouraged my own loving
feelings towards my dad.
I knew mom didn't have
those feelings, but she
cared enough to let me
have them and go on to
build my own relationship
with him." What strength
that mother had being
able to separate her own
needs from those of her
daughter! And what a
life-long gift it obviously
has been her daughterl
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