By Carol Staudacher, beliefnet.com . . . no one knows you in the exact same way as your mother or father–indeed, will ever know you as your parent did. A friend of mine, a hefty, 6-foot-4, middle-aged rancher in Colorado walked out one early morning to inform his foreman and ranch hands, “I’ll be gone…
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In her award-winning short film, My Nose, filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum focuses on her mom’s quest to get her to have a nose job. Barely touching the surface of their highly complex and charged relationship, Kirschenbaum knew it needed deeper exploration. The poignant journey is told in her new upcoming film, LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER!…
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Since the topic of jealousy is such a highly visited section of Motherrr.com, we thought we would include this very interesting excerpt from the book, Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth About Women and Rivalry by Susan Shapiro Barash. While its focus is primarily on how women (friends, co-workers, siblings, etc.) relate to one another,…
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By Virginia Vitzthum, Elle.com Forget sibling rivalry—how do you deal with a narcissistic mother? The term narcissist is widely misused to mean something like “self-involved egomaniac,” but people with the psychological disorder actually lack a true sense of self. What looks like self-assertion is actually a search: To the narcissist, everyone else is a mirror…
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Forgiving Your Parent for How They Treated You in the Past By Marlo Sollitto, AgingCare.com Every caregiver has a family history. Some of that history may be unpleasant, disappointing or even abusive. A caregiver’s experience of abuse, neglect and addiction leaves lasting scars. Moving beyond the past is never easy. But what happens when someone in your…
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The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness…
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By Laurie Newkirk My Mother hurt my feelings so much a few weeks ago that I started yelling at her. I thought I was now past that but it seems she pushed a button of mine. Okay… so my mother really hurt me and I acted badly, now what do I do? Forgiving her and…
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