Mom’s relationship with all three daughters is very different. She never calls the sister I just spoke of...never. My sister calls her every 4-7 days. My other sister calls Mom at least once daily. She never engages about anything of depth. They talk very briefly about tv shows. I’m sure it’s frustrating for Mom that she can’t delve into that sister. She barks out her brief update and rushes off the phone. Mom mostly lets me call her, but when we are getting along she may call up to several times daily, or she will call when she hasn’t heard from me in a while. We do get into deep, psychological conversations which sometimes end in a fight.

So, I will have to stop doing that. I must be more like my brief, shallow sister.