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[quote=Anonymous]Like the OP, I don't have the experience of closeness with my mom. Unfortunately she died when I was 14 yrs old. My memories of her when she was alive are mixed. It was a close but conflictual relationship. I can say I was lucky to always know she cared about me, and I've tried to take that experience into my adulthood and use it in my parenting of my three children. On the other hand, I have many unpleasant memories of life with my mom, because she was an emotionally volatile person who could be immensely fun and loving one minute and raging/nasty/abusive the next. So mom and me -- the whole thing is very much a mixed bag for me.

Why am I writing all of this? I don't know. Maybe because it helps me to write about it. And maybe because I can understand the loneliness the OP feels in not having closeness with her mother. It's not easy, OP. I'm comforted in thinking I'm building a better relationship with my kids. I hope you find comfort in other relationships in your lives, and draw strength from them. An important person in my life and a mother figure was my mother in law. She was a Godsend for me for many years, and I owe her so much.[/quote]

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