I am a mother of three and grandmother to 11. I stayed with their father for more than 20 years believing that somehow I could make him feel loved enough to change. Over time, each of my children has drawn close to me for healing, and pulled away for the same reason. I am, after ...
At the end of January I was honoured to be a co-organiser of the first PDA conference in Bristol focusing solely on adults. It was the first event of this size that we’d organised and not to sound big headed but it was bloody good and well attended. Feedback was extremely positive. ...
While, after seven months of sitting with it, I can wrap my mind around my “mild spastic diplegia” cerebral palsy affecting darn near every muscle group in my body at this point, I still struggle with the expression of spasticity in my throat equaling a constant, strep-throat-like pain....
She is controlling, rude and I suspect has mother issues due to the suicide of her mother (which may be the reason she has pushed me away). I have tried to be kind, compassionate, giving and loving, but have received abuse in return. On my birthday, they came over and wanted us to...