Comments on: Separation anxiety http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/ one single mother. one spririted preschooler. oy -- what a life. Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Leah http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-146 Leah Fri, 02 May 2008 00:40:00 +0000 http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-146 Aww, thanks to each of you for so much kindness, compassion, and insight. It means a lot. Today was a little bit less traumatic...perhaps we are both adjusting, somehow. :) Aww, thanks to each of you for so much kindness, compassion, and insight. It means a lot. Today was a little bit less traumatic…perhaps we are both adjusting, somehow. :)

]]> By: Karen http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-145 Karen Fri, 02 May 2008 00:08:00 +0000 http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-145 How far apart are we when we are together? Sometimes very far apart. My teacher always reminds me that my practice is "the best way to take care of your family." In so many ways this is true. One less monster, one less wack-o in the house. Never closer than when I practice leaving my walls. <br/><br/>All easier said than done. Nothing to keep from crying either. How far apart are we when we are together? Sometimes very far apart. My teacher always reminds me that my practice is “the best way to take care of your family.” In so many ways this is true. One less monster, one less wack-o in the house. Never closer than when I practice leaving my walls.

All easier said than done. Nothing to keep from crying either.

]]> By: Chris Austin-Lane http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-144 Chris Austin-Lane Thu, 01 May 2008 13:58:00 +0000 http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-144 I saw the title of this post, and I thought, "Isn't that what Zen teaching about our basic problem is-that we have anxiety because we think we are separate from reality." <br/><br/>I missed the sit last night, I couldn't separate from the family until just after the bell presumably rang and then I didn't want to go for just part. I saw the title of this post, and I thought, “Isn’t that what Zen teaching about our basic problem is-that we have anxiety because we think we are separate from reality.”

I missed the sit last night, I couldn’t separate from the family until just after the bell presumably rang and then I didn’t want to go for just part.

]]> By: bella http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-143 bella Thu, 01 May 2008 13:53:00 +0000 http://mamadharma.net/2008/05/separation-anxiety/#comment-143 this sounds quite painful.<br/>it often seems that the kids do just fine. The moms? Not so much. :)<br/>He knows that you love him. <br/>This is what cannot be taken, even in absence. this sounds quite painful.
it often seems that the kids do just fine. The moms? Not so much. :)
He knows that you love him.
This is what cannot be taken, even in absence.

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