Losing My Narcissistic Mother Is Complicated
It’s so utterly destructive. It’ll knock the wind—no the very oxygen—out of your sails. It’s nauseating. Conflicting. Terrifying. And so…
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It’s so utterly destructive. It’ll knock the wind—no the very oxygen—out of your sails. It’s nauseating. Conflicting. Terrifying. And so…
Continue ReadingI wish I had a mom sometimes. I'm sorry, I think that sounds a little insensitive of me. I mean,…
Continue ReadingThe kind of mother I was at 32 was a strong, single, independent, provider type. I was a tradeswoman. I…
Continue ReadingOftentimes, people wonder how different their lives would be if they hadn’t met a certain someone. If they hadn’t gotten…
Continue ReadingI was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…
Continue ReadingI’m on a path in life that is so different from what I ever imagined growing up. It’s a path…
Continue ReadingTwo and a half years ago, with tears in my eyes, an ache in my heart, and an eight-month pregnant…
Continue ReadingDear future daughter-in-law, My son loves you enough to want to spend the rest of his life with you. That’s…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, I never got the chance to appreciate you as a mother. There was so much life still to…
Continue ReadingIt’s OK to grieve your absent parents while they’re still alive. I see so many articles or well-meaning posts from…
Continue ReadingFor these precious and fleeting few years of her life, I am my daughter’s best friend. The one who makes…
Continue ReadingI hope she knows how hard I try to be a good mom. I hope she knows that my anger…
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