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[DrakesMomma]

@Queen of shop  -  Thank you.  It hasn't always been easy.  I've made my son's life different.  That's what matters most.  

[Jordan2]

I am the OP, I'm kind of sorry for starting this thread, I thought it was an opportunity to be able to speak lovingly of our mothers, I am saddened that for some of you it brought up hurtful feelings, I'm sorry. 

[DrakesMomma]

No worries from me.  I didn't have anything close to a nice mom.  I envy people that do. 

[CJC]

God bless all the moms and dads who have gone on before us, and God help all of us sons and daughters who are left behind to carry the torch.

[agb80]

I have to keep telling myself that her missteps as a mom happened when she was in her immature 20's and not knowing many things about parenting. Her skills improved as she got older but oddly enough my memories keep reverting back to those earlier times though I fight it like the dickens internally to forget it and love the person she became.   

[hckynut]

@Jordan2 

What she taught me at a very early age. Independence, count only on yourself. 

I was too young when she died always hits me.

hckynut 

[hckynut]

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@nana59 wrote:

my mom died when i was 30.....i'm 71....and after all these years....i still miss everything about her...

@nana59 

I was 29 and now 82. I have already lived almost 12 years longer than my mom. My feeling is very close to yours.

hckynut 

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[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@Queen of shop wrote:

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@DrakesMomma wrote:

Abuse.  I left her house a few weeks after my 18th birthday.  Never looked back and more importantly never went back.  

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Good for you! I did pretty much the same. Didn't get to go to college; I left and have been self-supporting since I was 19 and I'm 71 now. It was such a relief not to be around that harridan and I made sure she never got to be in my son's life and mess it up the was she did mine.

[DrakesMomma]

@GoneButNotForgotten  -  I completely understand.  My mom died a year ago in April. I had been without contact with her for 31 years.  The day after I got the call a feeling of relief came over me because I knew I protected my son from her abuse and because I knew I had my son's life different than the life I had growing up.   

[06greatwife]

When I was a little girl she would bake a white cake iced with pink frosting every year for my birthday.