by johannasr2 | Nov 20, 2025 | Addiction, Change, Childhood Abuse, Family, Parenting, Parenting Adults
Recently, my son sent his daughter a meme that showed a daughter being sad because her addict dad died while and when she was still angry with him for abandoning her. This is a key feature of addiction; children always feel abandoned by the addict parent and try to...
by johannasr2 | Apr 24, 2025 | Addiction, Change, Communication, Family, Feelings, Parenting Adults
Notes from a Parent Realizing a Child is Addicted and Wishing her own Mother was Alive / Circa 2001 This book is not about my mother, who has been the sole subject of my musings for more than five years; it is about raising children and being human. I am engaging in...
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...
