@PurpleMirrors3: I hope to be able to continue working with her. After all, it's three years and six months of working together and she's financially affordable. I don't think an apology would achieve so much insofar as it's a humble, human thing to do when one erred. Whether or not I believe in the apology depends on whether she recognizes that it's valid for me to feel betrayed and let down by her not following through with her confident promises. If she cannot recognize it and continues to pathologize it as stemming from the past or childhood, there's no further work to be done with her.

To top this off, she said that I want from her more than she can give. Way to go in twisting it around, woman. I do NOT want from her more than what she cannot give. When she made those two bold promises, she created an expectation from her in me. When she couldn't follow through with those promises, of course I feel let down or betrayed. After all, she created those expectations with her promises. And because she said it so sincerely, it came across as a principled intention from within her. This is why I still wonder now, even if she decides to stay in xxxxxx permanently, if her grandson no longer needs her care, would she honor what she promised but could not fulfill the first time because circumstances wouldn't allow it then? If circumstances allow it now, would she go back and honor it? She created this expectation. Now she's pathologizing it and saying that I want from her is pathologically more than she can give. Be reasonable with me now, woman.