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Motherless by Choice at Christmas
Read more: Motherless by Choice at Christmas“Perhaps I’m not asking whether estrangement is right or wrong, but instead: how can I truly celebrate togetherness and kinship and love without a mother in my life?” This isn’t an easy time of year to be estranged from someone, even if you’ve made that decision purposefully. I write about the complicated feelings that come…
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Why did this happen? Estranging myself from my mother.
Read more: Why did this happen? Estranging myself from my mother.Why did this happen? There is no answer to that question. There are too many answers to that question. If your childhood was unhappy, if there was someone who hurt you when their role was to protect you, you may never know why it was that way. It may not be possible to reconstruct how…