(((((Rain))))) I’m sorry, your mother doesn’t sound like grandmother material. Sometimes people surprise us, my Aunt was a very verbally abusive mother. I had to stay there when my mom had strep throat when I was about 10. My cousin and I went into the kitchen to eat some cereal in the morning, her parents had gone out the night before. My cousin called over her shoulder “what kind do you want”; my Aunt came out of her bedroom and screamed at her (she was 5) “if you don’t quiet down I’m going to slap your ugly f@%&ing face!” and she went back to bed.

1) my cousin has been beautiful since birth. Went through an awkward stage for about a minute when her big teeth came in. She worked as a model to put herself through college. 2) I’d never heard such a thing in my entire life before (f word). My parents were pretty heavy handed with discipline, but were not verbally abusive.

But she surprised us all when she became a grandmother. A more loving person you’d never find. And while her children were not permitted in the living room because of the breakables, she put them up for her grandchildren and made the room child friendly.

Hope your mom shapes up!