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Caren Chesler's avatar

I loved this reminder about seeing the forest for the trees. So simple and obvious but as you say, it’s easy to get caught up in the details of a daily issue and forget things like, in the big picture, I have before me a lovely, lovable, kind, sensitive young man who’s trying to do his best and wants to do right. I sometimes forget that (even though others keep telling me!).

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Jennifer L.W. Fink's avatar

We all need others to remind us. Me too!

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Rebekah Peeples's avatar

This perspective is so on target, Jennifer. I wish I could go back to my former self and tell her to quit worrying about all of the things that I thought could go wrong in the moment. Maintaining connections with parents of kids slightly older than the ones we're preoccupied with is great advice!

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