My mother is 90 next month. She hasn't spoken to me for over 2 years. She is someone who would have an argument in an empty room. She has fallen out with her family, neighbours and friends over many times through the years. She is a stubborn woman who takes people for granted, especially me. Since my father died nearly 20 years ago I have helped her with all her problems and finances. She has had poor education in her school days due to the war. She also has dyslexia and that is why she has relied on me a lot with her paperwork. I have never refused to help her nor my husband whenever she needed help in her home with maintenance. Her recent falling out was because I was not giving her enough attention when her kitchen sink tap kept leaking and my husband could not sort it out because his mother of 93 was near the point of dying and he needed to be there for her in hospital. I cannot drive so I was unable to visit my mother for quite some time. Trying to explain to her on the phone about my mother-in-law being near death did not bother her at all and I was given a mouthful and then she put the phone down on me, that was the last we spoke. Last year I sent her cards for Mothers Day and her birthday. There was not response. She ignored my birthday last year. To be honest it has affected my health and my counsellor told me she has been a toxic influence all my life, and I should let her go and live my life. It is hard having a mother who you known has not been loving from when I was little. So why do I still feel guilty.
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4 Years On…..Health-wise, Has Anything Changed?
