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[quote=Anonymous]I had mostly gotten myself to a place where i could deal with my mom. I told myself (and still mostly believe) that she hadn’t had what she needed to give me what I needed. Maybe she did her best. It didn’t matter. The past was the past, and I felt like I’d largely moved on. I have a great family now, a good life, a lot of support. I really was able to not think about it much. Mom and I saw each other sometimes. It wasn’t easy, but it was okay. It never lasted long. But trying to help her as she ages has brought up all kinds of stuff I didn’t even know was still in there. I’m grieving forward, about all the terrible end of life stuff. But at the same time I’m grieving backwards, about my childhood, all those things I thought I’d settled, or at least moved past, emotionally. It’s hard. Much much harder than I expected. [/quote]
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