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Family of Origin (FOO) Support Thread Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 664543" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>There is so much that is a mystery about life. </p><p></p><p>In this culture we think it is all straightforward....as if life is a mathematical equation. But who is ever to know really if your heart and strength, Serenity, it was the gaps and crevices, the hidden part, the sorrow in your life you endured, the exclusion, that gave you the real you, the person who embraces everyone and all, with heart and compassion.</p><p></p><p>And you too, Cedar, is the wonder of you from the DNA that could have in another family turned to greatness, or is what you did become...in heart and soul and spirit and resilience..the real gift and what was meant to be.</p><p>I think this haunted my mother for most of her adult life. That she hurt her daughters. And her sense of guilt was so great she could not begin to confront it, even in herself.</p><p></p><p>And they condemned themselves.</p><p>Imagine in this information age, to be deprived of even the way to learn to understand. The newspaper the only real source of information besides gossip and the stories of the family (which in our family came from another land and an ancient culture, and rejected by my mother.) </p><p>Yes. It must have felt like Fun House mirrors, reflecting her fragile and distorted self back to her in infinite guises, each of them more intolerable to her. And to die of a malignancy of the brain. Smote down.</p><p>What a gift to them to hold onto, when their Mom cannot be there for them.</p><p>So much pain had converted into hatred, disrespect and accusation, between the generations. While there was love and responsibility, there was no honor there, just mistrust. </p><p>Like Donald Trump has spoken of Megyn Kelly. How interesting.</p><p>Me too.</p><p>I did it for me and her. I deserved to do right by my mother. I needed it. Where and how would I be now, if I had made another choice? The thought horrifies me.</p><p></p><p>Cedar, do you remember a good location to aim for in the French Quarter?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 664543, member: 18958"] There is so much that is a mystery about life. In this culture we think it is all straightforward....as if life is a mathematical equation. But who is ever to know really if your heart and strength, Serenity, it was the gaps and crevices, the hidden part, the sorrow in your life you endured, the exclusion, that gave you the real you, the person who embraces everyone and all, with heart and compassion. And you too, Cedar, is the wonder of you from the DNA that could have in another family turned to greatness, or is what you did become...in heart and soul and spirit and resilience..the real gift and what was meant to be. I think this haunted my mother for most of her adult life. That she hurt her daughters. And her sense of guilt was so great she could not begin to confront it, even in herself. And they condemned themselves. Imagine in this information age, to be deprived of even the way to learn to understand. The newspaper the only real source of information besides gossip and the stories of the family (which in our family came from another land and an ancient culture, and rejected by my mother.) Yes. It must have felt like Fun House mirrors, reflecting her fragile and distorted self back to her in infinite guises, each of them more intolerable to her. And to die of a malignancy of the brain. Smote down. What a gift to them to hold onto, when their Mom cannot be there for them. So much pain had converted into hatred, disrespect and accusation, between the generations. While there was love and responsibility, there was no honor there, just mistrust. Like Donald Trump has spoken of Megyn Kelly. How interesting. Me too. I did it for me and her. I deserved to do right by my mother. I needed it. Where and how would I be now, if I had made another choice? The thought horrifies me. Cedar, do you remember a good location to aim for in the French Quarter? [/QUOTE]
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