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Re: Feel a little sad I'm going to be losing my "non traditional" status soon
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Originally Posted by debcita429
It's interesting... I was reading a book recently on emotionally healthy churches, and they were talking about taking the time we need to grieve whatever needs to be grieved. One of the things they listed was grieving the loss of singleness when you marry. It may seem counterintuitive for a time of joy, but it can carry its own trauma (and certainly its own adjustments). So I guess let yourself feel all of what you are feeling--the strangeness and the wonder, the loss of identity (in some sense) and the co-creating of new identity.  Congratulations! |
Exactly!
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Suzi, working mama to my ODS(2004)  , YDS(2006)  , DSD(2004)  and married to the love of my life 
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