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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.davidgray.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Discussion</title><link>http://www.davidgray.com/forums/54/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>This section is reserved for discussion unrelated to David Gray</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 60217.2664)</generator><item><title>as it is with children, it is with songs..............................</title><link>http://www.davidgray.com/forums/thread/751003.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:32:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0b411aee-3ebf-4158-a11e-00d5e0d75cff:751003</guid><creator>sigmadelta</creator><commentcount>0</commentcount><comments>http://www.davidgray.com/forums/thread/751003.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.davidgray.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=54&amp;PostID=751003</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;~As it is with children, it is with songs. They&amp;#39;re not yours. You keep them for a while, and then they go.~DG &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Many years ago my friend always used to say this, but now we prefer to think they are &amp;#39;&lt;em&gt;on elastic&amp;#39;. &lt;/em&gt;When her children were in their late teens they left home to be independent thinking they were grown-up, but every so often they returned to the &lt;em&gt;&amp;#39;nest&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt; when things started to go wrong and they needed &lt;em&gt;&amp;#39;mothering&amp;#39;.&lt;/em&gt; The tables have turned now as my friend doesn&amp;#39;t enjoy the best of health. they are always there for her whenever she needs them. Always going the extra mile. Such a joy to see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>