Comments on: Mommy

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By: Braindance

Braindance — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:53:30 +0000

I first had one of those thoughts when I was pushing my baby down a hill in her pram, a massive concrete mixing truck was at the bottom. In my minds eye I saw myself letting go of the pram and watched it smash into the truck.
I was horrified by myself, at 19 I did not have the mental capacity to understand why I would take momentary relish in such a thought.
Luckily for me, I attended a breastfeeding group weekly, where one of the ladies running it was a queen. I told her what I had thought, how it had scared me, she explained to me by conceiving intrusive thoughts, I was Internalizing and learning about my dark side.
I came to understand that EVERY mother has these thoughts at some point, and thankfully most of us deal with it without violence & death.
Your essay was hard to read, like Hammie, I tend to shy away from those realities, but I thought it was excellently written

I love my mum, but she is mad as a bag of snakes, and hard work, the kind of lady who goes for a brain cat scan out of her mind on acid. True story.
She was waxing lyrical the other day about the annex I am going to build on the side of my house for when she starts dribbling.
I replied that she would get a shotgun before a annex, I was only half joking

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:02:05 +0000

Thank you all for commenting and for sharing stories about your mothers. We are all connected by loving and hating our moms, and by struggling to honor them and somehow transcend them. xoxoxo

By: Natalie / Fashion Intel

Natalie / Fashion Intel — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:52:42 +0000

I can appreciate anyone who shouts their Jeopardy answers. Lovely photo of your mother.

By: arline

arline — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:49:39 +0000

I understand what it is like to miss your mommy, and it does not matter what happened growing up, how unhappy or unstable she may have been, there is something unexplainable between a mother and a child. I lost mine when I was 15. This year was extremely difficult for both my sister and me, around the date of her passing (3 days before my birthday). It happened many many years ago, yet sometimes I feel like need her more now, then I did when I was younger.

In response to your earlier post about moms who kill, I have no personal experience as I am not a mom, nor plan on being one. Though I am quite sure my mom wanted to kill me at times. I was difficult I know, but I know she loved me dearly too.

We all have the capacity for great love and hate, it is the human condition. Who knows why some people snap and others don’t.

I appreciate this topic. Thank you.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:07:18 +0000

Your mother was gorgeous.

That previous post was a very interesting one, Sister Wolf. I can’t help but remember the anti-natalists.

By: Stella Mayfair

Stella Mayfair — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:48:38 +0000

even if she didn’t show it, your mother must have been incredibly proud of you, sister wolf, and if “the other side” to which she might have crossed does exist, she surely still will be.

my mother died in a car accident in 1999, and i still miss her so much.

By: The Raisin Girl

The Raisin Girl — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:31:26 +0000

Agreement with Stuti…your mom looked like one of those classical-era film stars.

I was raised by my grandmother, and she died on April 4th, 2008, during my freshman year of college. Sometimes I still don’t believe it; she seemed like such an ESSENTIAL part of the universe, like it couldn’t possibly exist without her there to hold it together. She drove me crazy, but when she was gone I realized that she was the axis everything turned on.

Sometimes I think “you know, I haven’t called my Mema in awhile, I really should,” and I always get all the way through that thought before I remember. Funny how all the insane things she used to do seem endearing and are greatly missed now; when she was alive I just wanted to scream and run around in circles about twice a day at her.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:23:47 +0000

sounds like my kind of woman!

By: Ann Hooker

Ann Hooker — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:19:38 +0000

My grand”mom” died April 27, 2001. She liked beautiful clothing, hats and cooking for her family at holidays or anytime. She liked to have those small cokes in the bottle sold as a 6-pack on hand along with moon pies, so we could have what is now known as old school treats. I could talk with her about anything and she never gave me any attitude or big long lectures about how what I did was wrong. She always provided some comforting words with some wisdom thrown in for good measure to let me know she was on to me!..I miss her terribly – haven’t been the same sense.