I want to thank you for your sincere, diligent care and concern for my daughter.  She is fortunate to have had such an exceptionally competent staff helping her on this long road towards recovery.

My daughter is now in the Recovery House and my husband has done errands for her the past 2 days.  I am fearful this is too much involvement; I told him to make arrangements to get her clunker of a car from the dealer in Quakertown where it is for repairs, and I got a begrudging, ‘don’t bother me’ answer of “Yes, Dear.”

I had this poem on my refrigerator for years and took it off about a year ago.  I guess it is time for me to re-post it.  I imagine you have run across it in all your experiences.  If not, enjoy it. 

LETTING GO TAKES LOVE

To let go does not mean to stop caring,
   it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
   it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable,
   but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
   the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
   it’s to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
   but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
   but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
   but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
   but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
   it’s to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
   but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
   but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
   but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
   but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
   but to grow and live for the future.To let go is to fear less and love more
      Remember: The time to love is short