A couple of things
Mom came over for Halloween. I felt like I needed to make the effort for her to see Nora before she leaves on Friday. Adam picked her up after lunch and she stayed until he got off work that night. I'll be honest, I felt so drained by the end of the day. I know that it was the right thing to do, but she did her best to take advantage of the situation. Typical, right?
She said some really destructive things, which really drove home to me how little I'll miss having her in my life. Mom prefaced a lot of statements with, "I don't know to say this without sounding hurtful, but...." and, believe me, it was still pretty hurtful.
A few gems:
"I'm not saying that it was Adam's fault that Mazzy died, but I really think you shouldn't let him have as much of a say in Nora's care. He doesn't mean to be a bad guy, but he makes mistakes and I don't want to lose Nora, too."
"I love seeing you with Nora. It really seems that you've bonded better with her than you ever did with Mazzy. It's like I was closer to Mazzy than you, or Adam, but you're definitely Nora's favorite person."
"I"m so afraid to leave because I just know that you'll overlook things with Nora. I wish I was going to be here the first time she gets sick so that I could call an ambulance."
Yeah, so I'm not going to be hurting that she's gone.
Is it Friday, yet?
Also, I started National Novel Writing Month and may not be posting that often. My writing time should really be focused on attempting this insane thing.
She said some really destructive things, which really drove home to me how little I'll miss having her in my life. Mom prefaced a lot of statements with, "I don't know to say this without sounding hurtful, but...." and, believe me, it was still pretty hurtful.
A few gems:
"I'm not saying that it was Adam's fault that Mazzy died, but I really think you shouldn't let him have as much of a say in Nora's care. He doesn't mean to be a bad guy, but he makes mistakes and I don't want to lose Nora, too."
"I love seeing you with Nora. It really seems that you've bonded better with her than you ever did with Mazzy. It's like I was closer to Mazzy than you, or Adam, but you're definitely Nora's favorite person."
"I"m so afraid to leave because I just know that you'll overlook things with Nora. I wish I was going to be here the first time she gets sick so that I could call an ambulance."
Yeah, so I'm not going to be hurting that she's gone.
Is it Friday, yet?
Also, I started National Novel Writing Month and may not be posting that often. My writing time should really be focused on attempting this insane thing.
Comments
SHIT!
I am so sorry.
Those things are so not true.
I'm sorry that it's this way and I'm sorry she's going away and I'm sorry that it might be a HUGE relief for her to be further away.
man.
hurtful indeed. I'm so sorry.
I feel so angry for you!
rawr!
I'm sssssoooooo glad that she'll be too far away to poison Nora with her crap, though. This is the best thing that could've happened to my little family.