I was talking with my mother the other day about her growing up years. She told me that her mother & grandmother were extremely abusive people. Her mother, my grandmother, when she was alive was very decietful and manulipitive. After listening to mom for a while, I just had to ask her something I realized upset her a lot!
What I asked her was; how could a person keep the 5th commandment in a situation like that.
With loving and caring parents; honoring you father & mother is easy. But with a mother who never once told her that she loves her, told her that she was ugly, evil, had the devil in her; how is it possible to keep the Lord's 5th commandment to honor thy father & thy mother?
I hope someone can answer this as I can only advise mom to forgive them.
BTW: Mom turned 79 last Jan. She was raised catholic. I think that might have a lot to do with it as the Catholic Church has made LOTS of changes since then.