Ok, so I thought things were going really well. From all the work I’ve been doing on this website, all the books I’ve been reading, videos I’ve been watching, articles I’ve been searching through, I’ve discovered some new strategies and ways of interacting with my mom that have really been making a difference. It’s been…
With Mother’s Day coming up and Father’s Day soon to follow, I got to thinking. I still have my mom here (hence, the need for this website!) and I feel very lucky about that. But I also know the time will come when she won’t be anymore. That will be sooner than I’d like to…
Mother’s Day is supposed to be a day to celebrate our mothers. It’s a day to serve mom breakfast in bed, give her flowers, make her a beautiful card, and make her feel special. It’s a day to rejoice in the woman who raised you and made you who you are today. But what if…
Certainly all relationships can be difficult at times. In those moments of conflict or miscommunication, patience and acceptance can sure go a long way. I’ve been discovering that it can be so helpful to try to see things from the other person’s perspective and to try to understand where they are coming from or what…
I was just out for a walk (a great stress reliever) on a beautiful early Spring day. While I was listening to music (another great stress reliever) as I was walking, thoughts were also just swirling in my head. I’ve been spending so much time lately focusing on the mother-daughter relationship; between building this website,…
While watching Grey’s Anatomy this past week, they explored the mother/daughter relationship in one of their ancillary storylines. Certainly an exploration of this relationship comes up from time to time since title-character, Meredith Grey, is the daughter of a famed surgeon with whom she had a challenging relationship. But, in the most recent episode one…
Anyone who is watching the women’s figure skating at the Olympics in Vancouver this week knows about the heartbreak of Canadian skater, Joannie Rochette. Just 2 days before she was to start the competition and perform her short program, her 55 year old mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Joannie made the difficult decision…
I just recently finished reading the book, Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell, on which the movie of the same name is based. Now, this is not a book about the mother-daughter relationship or anything even close, and, yet, there are still several references to the challenges of this relationship. For instance, at one point,…
With awards season upon us, and the film, Precious getting a lot of attention, now seems like a good time to examine the mother-daughter relationship depicted in this often-times difficult and painful to watch movie. Despite being in a book club for many years, I had never read the novel, Push, by Sapphire, on which…
Elsewhere on this site there is information about how sharing feelings helps to relieve stress, especially for women. We all know how we women share every detail of every situation with our girlfriends but when our men get together, they can sit in silence watching a ball game or chat about mundane things while working…