Thanks Mouse! I read the description... yes, i can see some thematic similarities... my mom isn't as much the abusive sort as just life weary herself and her physical handicap is a real burden for her.. i understand her despair... but there's so much more here... never having attempted to heal herself, my attempts to help her are usually met with something like "thats another crazy idea of yours... why aren't you like everybody else?"

well, i know from experience my ideas aren't crazy, only crazy to her, because she's crazy but just can't see that.. guess that also is covered in the film though, isn't it? movie mom is "successful" materialistically but can't seem to see that her daughters illnesses are direct spin-offs to her own (the mothers)

i especially liked the Whitman quote 'Untold Want, By Life and Land Ne'er Granted, Now, Voyager, Sail Thou Forth to Seek and Find.'

Thanks again Mouse