Are you being too hard on your mother—or have you spent years being too understanding? You know what she went through. You understand that motherhood is difficult. You may know about your mother’s unhappy childhood, disappointing marriage, financial hardship,...
The heartbreak and gift of letting your daughter go Dear Teenaged Daughter, (written 10 years ago) You have that far away look in your eyes now. Home isn’t the center of your universe. I knew it would be this way. I just didn’t know how...
When #MeToo & Mom comes home. What happens when a mother does not protect her daughter from sexual abuse? What about when she doesn't believe her daughter when she tells her she has been sexually abused? Her daughter feels a deep level of betrayal she may not even...