Posted by TherapyGirl on June 9, 2011, at 19:44:21
In reply to Re: Too Much Mom, Not Enough of My T, posted by Dinah on May 30, 2011, at 15:52:17
No, Dinah, you're not cold or unnatural. I have the same impulses myself, but she is 80 and I think she feels horribly guilty about the way she treated my Dad the week before he died. She's always had trouble expressing her emotions and I don't think her childhood was a bed of roses, which gives me a slight amount of sympathy for her.
She is very involved in church, as my Dad was a minister, but that is one of the hardest places for her to be now. I think that's why my sibs and I feel so compelled to step in and be with her. I talked to my youngest brother, whose family is moving tomorrow, and he's willing to have her come stay with them while they explore and get settled in a new city. I told him I needed a break and he understood. :-)
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