by johannasr2 | Nov 19, 2024 | Change, Family, Fibromyalgia, Parenting Adults, Psychology
The overall secret sauce to great holidays is planning. I want to say that there are some things that you can do and I am sure that there are. I also want to say that part of coping with the holidays is to understand that you will be very tired when it’s over....
by johannasr2 | May 2, 2024 | Addiction, Family, Feelings, Fibromyalgia, Internet Communication, Love, Parenting Adults, Relationships
Mothering Addiction And You’re so Angry With Me Why? You could have asked me any question, at any time. You didn’t. Instead, you used the time to attack, to bruise, to hit. You didn’t seem to care that you were doing as awful damage as anyone to anyone. I am 60,...
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...
