by johannasr2 | Sep 30, 2020 | Love, Parenting Adults, Relationships
I come here to these pages to work through my relationship with my daughter. There are not too many guidebooks on parenting adults. The guidebooks are always about raising young ‘uns. For me, for many years now, it’s been all about adults. This child of mine. The...
by johannasr2 | Sep 11, 2020 | Family, Love, My Illness, Parenting Adults, Relationships
All through this week, I’ve been getting the signal that loving people is not enough to make my relationships what I want them to be. My daughter left our home at Christmas this year, angry and fed up with me and her sister. I let her be angry. I didn’t...
by johannasr2 | Jul 6, 2020 | Family, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
If you are ignored by a group of people; they just don’t acknowledge you. How do you feel? It is a very strange experience and the resulting emotions are damning. Who would not be diminished by someone who does not acknowledge their existence? No ask for shared...
by johannasr2 | Apr 23, 2020 | Family, Fibromyalgis, My Illness
My friend’s article and today inspired me: Sometimes the pain is just a hum in the background of my experience. I can distract myself from it. I can do chores around the house like dishes and laundry. And then the pain comes screaming at me: “Me, Me, Me, Look at...
by johannasr2 | Apr 7, 2020 | Education, Family, Parenting, Psychology, Relationships
We act like we can’t stand our own children What the hay? Everyone keeps meme-ing about giving teachers a jillion dollars and how hard it is to spend the day with their kids. What the, what? One little afternoon with two kids is overwhelming that is because the kids...
