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  Oct-28 10:46 am

I just need to get my thoughts out about how I feel about my son, age 11, being placed in a residential school 2 hours away from home against our wishes.

My heart is shattered, I'm shaken up, my will is broken. A piece of me dies each time we say goodbye.

I see your face, I see your tears, I hear you screaming my name, yet I can not hold you in my arms and tell you everything is going to be ok.

Each time you come home, the good moments are bittersweet, the bad moments, I just know we can fix them some how.

Time goes by so quickly, it's time for you to leave again. You ask me why and I just don't have the answers.

I know in my heart I need to let you go so you can be free as a butterfly, so you can soar high into the sky.

Life isn't fair. I love you so much and miss you immensely. I want to be in your life, yet it isn't meant to be.

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  Nov-5 2:47 pm

I am so sorry I didn't see your post sooner. It brings tears to my eyes, and I'm so sorry you're going through this.

Know that you are doing the best thing for your child. Getting appropriate help is sometimes worse than others for the parents, but things will be better in the long run. You are doing the right thing.

Let us know how it goes? I'll be thinking of you.

Lily

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