Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

Hi Angela,

I've read through this whole thread and everyone's comments and suggestions. I'm sorry that you are dealing with this and feeling torn over it is no walk in the park either. It just sucks all the way around.

I was estranged from my parents, too. In my case though, they were the addicts. Both alcoholics. The mean abusive kind, not happy drunks. When my mother was in hospice, I finally went to see her and it fucked me up on so many levels. My mother's dead body, still warm in the bed and my father pulls me aside to ask for money. FML. After my mother's funeral, I never saw my dad again. I reluctantly went to his funeral under the advice from my doctor.

Anyway, no one knows your daughter as you do. As a mother, we have to deal with so much emotion regarding our kids. Sometimes it's hard to know just what to do and when. Follow your heart, Angela.