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It is hard, but maybe it’s easier if you don’t think about it as pushing. What I learned from my d when she left was that I didn’t have to push (and with her, pushing wouldn’t have done any good anyway!). All I had to do was get out of the way.</p>
<p>hy, a beautiful letter to a remarkable son. I love your way with language and the analogies you used in the first paragraph of your post! Your “free-range chicken” without “growth hormones”! Priceless.</p>