by johannasr2 | Dec 15, 2023 | Family, Feelings, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
You have to take care of yourself to take care of your relationship. If you are not consciously aware of your boundaries you can ruin your relationship with your ignorance. Either because of your own pain or because your sub-conscious takes over. Odds are that if you...
by johannasr2 | Nov 19, 2023 | Family, Love, Parenting, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Rhea manages me, there is no if and or maybe about it. Last year I brought up vaccines (a subject we disagree about). She said “Mom are we really going to have this conversation again?” And then blithely, she went on into another...
by johannasr2 | Apr 8, 2023 | Addiction, Family, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
And he doesn’t even like that; the first thing I ever gave him was his name, and he doesn’t like it. He goes by Russ. Russ & his Mother: JB Collection July 2011 Right now, he is very angry with me. He says that I am always trying to get him into political...
by johannasr2 | Mar 20, 2023 | Family, Feelings, Love, Parenting Adults
When do you get to the point when mothering is secondary, like – NOT at the top of the list? Does worrying ever go away? When do I focus on me, yes me, and all time and all money, and all things are all about me? In this generation of me there are a bunch of us...
by johannasr2 | Jan 22, 2023 | Family, Feelings, Love, Parenting, Relationships
Serendipity is your friend. People are beautiful, but only if you believe it. A big smile helps. Changes don’t trickle in; they move with a big whoosh. Move away from the coast and for heaven’s sake, get out of Florida. You can’t have it all, where you put your life...
by johannasr2 | Oct 27, 2022 | Family, Feelings, Love, Parenting
As I bear witness to my granddaughter’s transformation, I reflect on what my mother told me. My granddaughter is changing into a woman. I can see the change and I am sure she does not. Instead, we are talking about college and work. When I was much younger and...
