Posts Tagged ‘mom’

How to Protect Your Kids When You Divorce

Divorce is a very difficult and frustrating phase in the life of a person. When children are involved the whole process is that much more trying as you try to keep the children on an as even a keel as possible. People go through stages in the event of a divorce. You’ll experience anger, vengeance [...]

Like a child

Like a child I am almost fifty years old and my mother can still make me feel like I’m a child. No matter what I do it is never done the right way for mom. Three years ago she had a stroke. For a year and a half she was in a rehab facility. When [...]

Insidious

Insidious My mother’s method of trying to control me is best described as insidious. She is the master of the statement in the form of a question and the backhanded compliment. For example, she would never openly say, “You’re fat.” Instead, she asks, “Do you really need to be eating that?” or “You should wear [...]