More Stories, please!

Hello Children, mom here.....

After my first short poll on how I was doing writing this, I was told - more stories! - and (maybe) a bit less preaching.....(not really said but implied).  I'll tell you more stories, my loves.  But I'll also tell you these other things, because I am your mother, and because I know what it's like to not have a mother who shared her life with me - both good and bad.  I truly regret not having that.  And I will not always be around -though if I have my way I'll be around a good, long time yet!

There are so many things I wish I knew about her!  Who was she when she was married at the incredibly early age of seventeen?  What was her relationship with her father like?  Her mother?  Her siblings?  What  hopes and dreams did she have?  How did she see herself in the world?  Did she feel like she fit in?  And the one I wish I knew most of all......why, oh why, was she so incredibly angry? What failed to happen for her that caused her to be so scary to us...that caused her to continually threaten to leave us all - and yet, still be able to show a very loving side as well......

So, I hope you don't mind that I share some things with you - and sometimes they might seem a bit preachy.  If you don't like some of those entries, well, just skip them for the lighter ones, and come back to them when you're good and ready.  But I want you to know all there is to know. I want you to know who I am, who I was, and how I got to where I am right now.   So that when I'm not around, you won't be able to say as I have said so much...."I barely knew my mother".  That is one sad statement.

Stay tuned....

Mom