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Dec 22, 2022, 03:35 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Silent Void
Well, the snow has started and the temp has dropped. Talk about depressing. A tree would make it bearable, but I don't have one.
My plan to eat my way through the hols has started with Pop-Tarts, brown sugar cinnamon.
Rose thinks a mother is the heart of the family. Not at my house. My father was the sane one. Mother was an abuser from way back. I used to lie in bed dreading her coming home from work at night to punish us for some minor ****up.
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I'm sorry you don't have a tree, SV. I live in a tiny apartment, but what saves me is the 3 large windows with large, old trees outside - including a great, big redwood. Is it possible for you to grow an indoor plant, or 2, if you're up for it?
Funny, I understand both Rose and your perspective on mothers. Mine was mentally ill, so I grew up with 2 mothers. One was lovely, profoundly intelligent, generous, affectionate. The other was hideous - emotionally and physically abusive, viciously cruel. As my mom aged, however, she mellowed. It is that older mother I now grieve for. You're so fortunate to have had your father, that's great. Did he ever intervene when your mom was abusive?
Your cinnamon Pop Tart sounds nice. That reminds me of cinnamon toast my sister-friend used to make for me when we were little girls. She and I met when we were 5 years old and had the blessing of remaining close sister-friends for 53 years until she died, very suddenly, of a heart attack last year. Too many people gone and the holiday season seems to throw that in my face. Nevertheless, I will make myself some cinnamon toast today 
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