My family fell apart and I don’t know how to fix it
DEAR ABBY: My husband of 31 years died suddenly five years ago. Our family — four kids, six grandkids — was devastated. We still haven’t recovered. We used to be a happy bunch, spending time at the lake, backyard barbecues by the pool and football games. My husband was an integral part of this. With […]
Do you have a mother wound? Here’s how to heal it
It’s not hard to find examples of dysfunctional mother-daughter storylines in pop culture. Think Pride and Prejudice’s marriage-obsessed Mrs Bennet, Matilda Wormwood’s neglectful bingo-addict mum, and the protracted mother-daughter battles of Everything Everywhere All At Once. The vexed bonds and painful rifts in mother-daughter relationships are rich fodder for creative work because they persist so […]