Status Updates From Mothers Who Can't Love: A H...

fuck jill me and my besties hate jill but…. Susan said i should wait until im at least 3 months sober before i finish this book… so idk if i’ll ever finish the book….

“The big sticking point for me is that I just don’t feel . . . qualified to be a mother. How can you give a child what you didn’t have yourself? One thing I refuse to do is have a child and then screw up somehow. And given my history, I’ll probably get everything all wrong.”

“No matter how badly she was mistreated, it’s difficult for a daughter to do anything other than be pulled back into her mother’s world when her mother is suffering.”

“To individuate, the key task of adulthood, is to become your own woman, and it can’t happen if you’ve never allowed yourself the freedom of venturing toward what you want, expressing your talents, and liking what you like. Within your own boundaries, you are in control.”

“‘I feel like there’s an invisible string tying us together and keeping me from getting on with my life.’ Those old feelings are the string. They make you behave in ways that hurt you, and they come up when you least expect it.”