Happy mother’s day y’all

On mother’s day, I live on a deserted island. Not just this year because of Covid-19. Every year since my birth. I sincerely mean it when I say, I hate to go negative. It takes every ounce of my being every day to smile, to stay positive when my childhood was literally a clusterfuck. My mother was an abusive alcoholic and let’s just say I was her hockey puck and leave it at that. I forgave her a long time ago, long before she died of alcohol related illness at 56 years old. I am a firm believer in moving on, in leaving the past behind, but as well, let there be no misunderstanding, child abuse leaves permanent scars.

As to your question, what would I do if she wasn’t there? I cannot give you a definitive answer, but I’d like to think I would have made better choices in my life.

I am proud to say, in spite of the person who gave birth to me, I raised three amazing children that love me. Our love is unconditional and yes, good children can be raised without lifting a hand to them. I can attest to that. So every year when I see posts that say let’s give it up to your Mom, I cannot personally jump on that bandwagon for mine, and that is okay, because there are a whole lot of moms out there that are the bomb and I salute them, one and all! Including, pat on back, myself!

P. S. I do not understand why this challenge does not have more entries!