Even if you don’t get to say it to your mom, at least recognize that she might have responded to you the way her parents responded to her as a little kid. She probably did the best she could with little information. Chances are your mom grew up in a family that never talked about their feelings. Maybe they only had the time to figure out how to keep shelter over their heads and enough food for the day. Or maybe they were raised in a strict household where there was no room for a mistake or even individuality. Take a deeper look. It’s all more complicated than we like to think.
