My mom moved 2500 miles away, my brother followed her a year later and my other brother has been military and around the world for over 10 years. I see my mom 3x a year maybe if that... we were never really close but since she moved and my brother followed I feel so seperated from my family now. I hear my friends talk about their moms and shopping and dinners and lunches, and I get harried phone calls b/t her visits with my nephew (my brother and his wife had a baby) and phone calls from my brother in the military. I just seem to be an afterthought. I know its not the same, and I don't have kids of my own for her to neglect and me to be mad about... its just me but I understand part of how you feel. Part of you misses her, part of your resents the h*ll out of her!
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