That brought back a flood of memories. I was an estranged child and an estranged adult. Now that both of my parents are deceased it's been easier to process the past and to see their behaviors as their problems, not mine. I didn't cause them to be who they were, and being who they were shaped who I became until I realised that they no longer could directly influence my life and my choices were my own.
That brought back a flood of memories. I was an estranged child and an estranged adult. Now that both of my parents are deceased it's been easier to process the past and to see their behaviors as their problems, not mine. I didn't cause them to be who they were, and being who they were shaped who I became until I realised that they no longer could directly influence my life and my choices were my own.