pachyderm, i also just came across this post... hope i can keep up with it.. hits home for me also.. my mom had a victimized life of her own, suppose it is as ive been told many times before... a hand-me-down life..

i coping with it... but jeez... sometimes...

thanks for this post.. intelligent and brings issues in the open... dialogue is what helps me... at times, no, most of my life was in isolation... this really helps...