i think that is good - mouse... to deal with today and today's pain rather than mum and her inabilities. that takes a lot of courage - even if your side of things does drop. it takes a lot to put up the good fight each day. my session today feels like what you are describing - where i couldn't hold my end up and had to let it drop. i couldn't meet her where she was - but she didn't drop her end because of it. like yours she knows that it is not that i am being against her. this is the first t (of 5) that gets that. yay for No. 5.

hopefully you will draw more insights from your psyche. they sound good to me.
kiya