tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post3482900109855219839..comments2023-11-02T10:35:00.867-05:00Comments on Phyllis Renée: *get a hankyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-9122338232558617672009-05-01T12:26:00.000-05:002009-05-01T12:26:00.000-05:00This is a sweet touching post...the forever facina...This is a sweet touching post...the forever facinating dynamic among mothers & daughters indeed!I must say that you are a great writer darling! ~Lovely weekend*LenoreNeverM♡rehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964343661261469513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-82086434383999184462009-04-30T22:03:00.000-05:002009-04-30T22:03:00.000-05:00My mom and I had a very tumultuous relationship fo...My mom and I had a very tumultuous relationship for years. We were too much alike, and resented each other for it. She saw what she hated about herself in me, and was very hard on me. In turn, I resented her and swore to be different. When I went through my first big heartbreak, however, I learned how much she really loved me. I was 18. that's the first time I remember truly connecting to my mom in a beautiful way. She would have done anything to protect me, and I realized that.<br /> <br />My mom was not close to her mom either. I could get into a lot of psychological babble, but suffice it to say that one day I realized that my mom wasn't always my mom. She used to be young, full of dreams, full of hope for the future. And she gave up some of that for the family she has. And I felt so much more appreciative of her.Kristi Ostlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073529078605648826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-89929514760958886462009-04-30T16:26:00.000-05:002009-04-30T16:26:00.000-05:00What a gift to have a relationship like that with ...What a gift to have a relationship like that with your daughter. I truly, truly hope that when my boys are grown and have moved out, they'll feel they can love and trust me as a friend above and beyond my role as their mother. I love my mom, and that is mutual, but there is very much the sense that we have a casual relationship more than the friend relationship. It would never cross either of our minds to demonstrate our closeness the way your daughter did, and I wish that wasn't the case, but I'm not sure how to break through and change it.for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-80533591659244061722009-04-30T12:16:00.000-05:002009-04-30T12:16:00.000-05:00That's great, Phyllis!
Of course, the dynamic is ...That's great, Phyllis!<br /><br />Of course, the dynamic is a different one with fathers. I've always had a pretty darn good relationship with my dad; the same isn't true for all of my brothers.<br /><br />Molly's relationship with her mom is pretty much like you describe - they're just great friends, and they 'get' each other. Molly's relationship w/ 1F is a good one, but it has had its moments of pain. Her relationship w/ 2F isn't bad, but it's more conflicted than 1F's is. And 6F is just coming into her teen years, so it remains to be seen what the fallout from that is gonna be. . .Desmond Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829959101276150279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078165.post-73608783687958097522009-04-30T11:33:00.000-05:002009-04-30T11:33:00.000-05:00I also feel blessed to be friends with my 19 yo da...I also feel blessed to be friends with my 19 yo daughter. We just "get" each other. I also was never friends with my own mother. It's been a tough relationship that I don't even like to talk about.<br /><br />Glad it happened for you, PR!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577723506036164914noreply@blogger.com