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This blog isn’t to blame my mother for everything bad that has happened to me. In fact, I stopped writing for a whole year because I just didn’t feel ‘right’ about talking about my mom the way I was. But here’s the truth, she didn’t make anything that happened to me any easier. Using “things…
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My mother didn’t teach me how to communicate because she shut herself off from me completely. Communication is supposed to be a give-and-take, a process of learning not just how to speak, but how to be heard—how to express emotions, navigate conflicts, and connect with others. But when the person who’s supposed to model that…
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My mother was making boxed macaroni and cheese in the kitchen while my sister and I were explaining to her how our adopted uncle had just molested us. I was four and a half years old. It would have been nice to learn how to cook from my mother. However, after my adopted uncle was…
Things I Wish My Mother Had Taught Me 