Joshua Coleman and Debby were on this morning's Today Show on NBC. Joshua Coleman is the author of When Parents Hurt. Debby is a mother who has been estranged by her daughter for seven years. I am providing a link to the interview. I don't know how long the link will be good as the…
Stories of Estrangement
NY Times article, May 3, 2010: When the Ties that Bind Unravel
When the Ties that Bind Unravel, May 3, 2010, by Tara Parker-Pope As of mid-day May 6, there are 768 comments in response to this article.
Family Estrangement inspired by online philosopher
I found a startling news article online today about family estrangements that were influenced and/or inspired by the writings and podcasts of a man, Stefan Molyneux, who considers himself to be a philosopher. He has been blamed for a number of family estrangements initiated by followers of his writings and podcasts. He makes some money…
Article on AARP: “The Estrangement” by Jamaica Kincaid
"The Estrangement" by Jamaica Kincaid, May/June 2008An article on a mother/daughter estrangement that was not resolved and for which the author has no regrets.From the first paragraph: "Three years before my mother died, I decided not to speak to her again. And why? During a conversation over the telephone, she had once again let me…
Alice Walker & Rebecca Walker
"She writes that she has been my mother for thirty years and is no longer interested in the job."Rebecca Walker in 2007 about her mother Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple
Holidays & Estrangement ~ Why I am estranged from my mother.
Here come the holidays, heading straight for us as sure as sure can be. This time of year is a hard one for many, especially those of us who know that our holidays are far from the ideal of the delightful sleigh ride in the snow, jingle bells jingling as we travel to grandmother’s house…
A reminiscence on mental illness in the family and on having had my mother as a mother.
I wrote this piece to offer on another site which was soliciting writing on the topic of mothers and how they shaped our lives. How do we celebrate our mothers? I wrote this piece I offer below and then realized that it wasn’t the right kind of response to that solicitation as well as being…
Sisters: Estrangement & Reconciliation
October has been a busy month for me. No time to read books. Although I find time to sit at the computer and read and write. It takes a conscious effort to pick up a book to read rather than go online and browse through the vast tomes of the internet. I have several books…
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….