She ruled my life I am 48 years old and for forty years, I allowed my mother to rule my life. When I was a kid, she had a fierce temper and I got scared. I resolved at an early age to avoid her wrath, and since I am a pretty smart person I was [...]
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She ruled my life
Posted by Cristy on December 18th, 2008
Posted in Motherhood 
Tags: children, forty years, god, insight, judgment, little contact, living my life, marker, mother, relationships, smart person, stern, temper, voice in my head, western calendar, wrath, y2k 
1 Comment »Scared of My Mother
Posted by Cristy on October 14th, 2008
I am 48 years old and for forty years, I allowed my mother to rule my life. When I was a kid, she had a fierce temper and I got scared. I resolved at an early age to avoid her wrath, and since I am a pretty smart person I was generally able to do [...]
Posted in Motherhood Tags: children, forty years, god, insight, judgment, little contact, living my life, marker, mother, relationships, smart person, stern, temper, voice in my head, western calendar, wrath, y2k 1 Comment »Philip Larkin wrote
Posted by Cristy on July 18th, 2008
They f*** you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were f***ed up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern [...]
Posted in Motherhood Tags: coastal shelf, coats, dad, father, fathers, faults, fools, half the time, kids, man hands on misery to man, misery, mother, Motherhood, mum and dad, old style, philip larkin, stern, style hats No Comments »
