My wife just said, "Whatcha working on over there?" because I was banging the keys on my keyboard with such swift ferocity it was making the table rattle.
Thank you so much for this. My mother came to visit me after 3 years of minimal contact. She's staying for 2 months, disrupting my daily life and reminding me of why I hate her in the first place. I found a great excuse not to take her out on mother's day.
OMG thank you for writing this. I've been estranged from my mom for ~20 years, zero contact, and I still second-guess myself about whether I'm a bad person for this. <3
Thank you for writing this. I am also estranged from my mother and feel endlessly guilty. I would read a whole book about your anger towards your mother.
Thank you for this. My parents aren’t dead but I dread these “holidays” because I know it’s the time to get either love or hate bombing emails. It’s curious that you couldn’t feel anger while I can’t feel anything but. I have to actively work at being kind but you have always been a role model for me in this respect, so thank you and a hearty “you’re not alone” from the other side of the world!
Thank you for your truth telling. You help more people than you know. 💜
I’m in the same place Heather. I love your words and your heart, thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you so much for this. My mother came to visit me after 3 years of minimal contact. She's staying for 2 months, disrupting my daily life and reminding me of why I hate her in the first place. I found a great excuse not to take her out on mother's day.
OMG thank you for writing this. I've been estranged from my mom for ~20 years, zero contact, and I still second-guess myself about whether I'm a bad person for this. <3
here come the waterworks again. My mother is very much alive and my anger simmers, boils, then simmers again. I wonder how it will be after...
The last lines of this took my breath away. Thank you for sharing your heart with us.
Very very very relatable. Thank you for sharing and wishing you the best on the lifelong process of working through All Of This.
Thank you for writing this. I am also estranged from my mother and feel endlessly guilty. I would read a whole book about your anger towards your mother.
Thank you for this. My parents aren’t dead but I dread these “holidays” because I know it’s the time to get either love or hate bombing emails. It’s curious that you couldn’t feel anger while I can’t feel anything but. I have to actively work at being kind but you have always been a role model for me in this respect, so thank you and a hearty “you’re not alone” from the other side of the world!
Thank you, Heather.