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rbnyc

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3. I will have to leave the state...
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 10:25 AM
Sep 2013

...to visit her soon. She needs help signing up for social security and Medicare. She is living in "extreme hoarding conditions." She needs help getting her house in order. We really can't afford the trip and it's a very busy time at work. I know she can't help the way she is, but I'm resentful.

Learning to protect myself from her was a big part of my childhood. All my instincts say, just leave her. But I know she needs my help so I have to go.

But the keys... I worry she has given me gifts that I reject because of how I judge her, and that will be my failing.

Thanks for reading my dream.

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Valley of Death [View all] rbnyc Aug 2013 OP
This is more about your mother than anything else. murielm99 Sep 2013 #1
I will have to leave the state... rbnyc Sep 2013 #3
I can relate to some of that. murielm99 Sep 2013 #5
Thanks so much. rbnyc Sep 2013 #6
You consider the keys Why Syzygy Sep 2013 #7
thanks... rbnyc Sep 2013 #9
try the writers group orleans Sep 2013 #2
Thanks. rbnyc Sep 2013 #4
not sure about the dream thread orleans Sep 2013 #12
Our mothers seem to have a huge power for our entire lifespan! davsand Sep 2013 #8
thanks. rbnyc Sep 2013 #10
If you woke feeling the dream was a message about work, you may want to chew on that for a bit. davsand Sep 2013 #11
I'm obsessed with my job... rbnyc Sep 2013 #13
Woah. Was this a dream? Matariki Sep 2013 #14
wow rbnyc Sep 2013 #16
Also, what does your mother represent to you Matariki Sep 2013 #15
I have a hard time... rbnyc Sep 2013 #17
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