Breaking Up with Mom, Part 1
This is the story of how I went No Contact (NC) with my mother. I’m not sure there is a right or wrong way to go No Contact. Family situations are all very different. People are hurt on all sides. This...
View ArticleRemember the Unwanted Child
The truth of the matter is, she never liked me. I guess that can happen. Sometimes people don’t click or like each other. Why wouldn't it be possible for a parent to feel like that with their own...
View ArticleDear Daughter, I Did Not Like Being Skinny
I could become the first female President of the United States, and all you people would care about is whether or not I am a size ten!
View ArticleFun Times with Vertigo
I like to have all the fun issues that no one believes are real. I can’t get something people have sympathy for like cancer, or at least understand like diabetes.
View ArticleBreaking Up with Mom, Part 2
I thought my mother would accept my apology and we would just move on. What she did next kind of surprised me.
View ArticleBeware of Flying Monkeys
Monkeys dressed up like bell boys? Terrifying. I believe that is exactly what Joseph Conrad had in mind when he wrote, "The horror. The horror."
View ArticleWelcome to Your Narcissistic Fleas: The Holiday Edition
My head is a constant list of the kinds of things I need to get done this week. I fluctuate from wanting to delegate some tasks, to just thinking it is easier to do them all myself. My kids make the...
View ArticlePinterest, Parenting & Loving Mom
I bet Bono spends hours pinning pictures of caftans because his second career is going to be as a unisex caftan designer which will be both amazing and break the 7th Seal.
View ArticleWhat Do You Do When the Love Is Lost with Your Adult Sibling?
If the Olympics held a full-contact, verbal-gaslighting competition I bet the judges would have a really hard time deciding which one of you would get the gold which would get the silver.
View ArticleThe Mother-Daughter Moment I Always Wanted was with My Daughter
I think it's always hurt me that we never had any fucking Hallmark card, 1/800 Flowers' Mother's Day commercials together. Sadly, what we did have was more Postcards from the Edge meets August Osage...
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