Part 3 of 4: The End of the Line for the Marriage: 1984 In January of 1984 I realized that I HAD to leave him. I didn’t want to hurt him any more. He begged me to stay. I knew that I had to get on with my life. I didn’t leave him for anyone…
For Parents
Difficult Choices – Part 2 of 4
Part 2 of 4: On marriage and trying to make it work. An aspect of the marriage that I loved was that of being her mother. I enjoyed knowing her, seeing her grow, just knowing her. She thinks now that i wanted her to be like me. Not true. If she was like me, that…
Going back to 1965, a history: Part 1 of 4
Part 1 of 4: The good bad old days … Generally I stay away from discussing the estrangements between former lovers in my blog. People break up all the time and the breakups often result in estrangement. We are not surprised when the ties between people not related by blood break. Often the formerly passionate…
Mother’s Day – Thoughts & Feelings
I feel like the thousand pound gorilla is in the room. The gorilla called "Mother’s Day"! Twelve years ago my thoughts on Mother’s Day were along the lines of not wanting to make the day be all about me or to make Robin or anyone feel obligated to make the day a big one or…
More Links For Parents
A Gift for my Daughter By Harry Browne, a Libertarian Party candidate in years past. Daughter Therapy Interesting online article on unexpected results of therapy. When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us: Letting Go of Their Problems, … Book by Jane Adams Articles on Recovery from Grief Written by co-authors of The Grief Recovery Handbook
For Parents
It’s Never Too Late To Have A Good Relationship … by Suzanne E. Harrill
Book by Linda Carroll, mother of Courtney Love
Seattle Weekly: Article: Courtney’s Family Curse by Tim Appelo: Estranged from her daughter Courtney Love, Linda Carroll went on a journey to find her own mother and wrote a book: Her Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir of the Mother I Never Knew and of My Daughter, Courtney Love With much thanks to my friend, M, for…
What it’s like the rest of the time …
I lead an ordinary sort of life. Most of the time I am a happy camper. Not literally a happy camper. Just a reasonably happy sort of person who occasionally has had bouts of clinical depression. The clinical depression hasn’t returned since I received treatment for Graves’ Disease. Maybe my thyroid was doing a number…
What it’s like …
One day you wake up angry and in tears because you realize that someone whom you love thinks that you are a bank robber. Someone whom you thought knew you believes that you are a bank robber and they want nothing more to do with you. There is nothing that you can do about this….