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Please pray
1). My mother just called me yesterday. At this point we have a distant relationship for good reason. Yesterday, she actually sounded "good". While I'm happy to an extent, this makes me nervous because when she's doing well, she lashes out. So I guess I'm kind of waiting for her next attack. She also called me and I answered. I'm nervous again because she may take this to mean she can call whenever she wants, and when I do not respond, she will lash out. She also declared that she is going to save her social security to pay for my plane ticket to visit. While this may sound great, she's likely I use this to try and manipulate my visit. Lastly, the last 3 calls I've had with her I can already sense her manipulation, and I really don't know what to do with it other than avoid it as much as possible. My mother is a Christian.
2). Sadly, I am closer to my stepmom than my own mother. She is a quiet and isolated woman who was married to my abusive father for 20 yrs before he died last June. In the 90's she took Phen-Phen and experienced some problems with it. Today she was in the ER getting all kind of tests. My stepmother is Mormon, but I believe she really is open and seeking truth. When my dad was awaiting his transplant, they lived with my friends, the associate pastor at my church, for 6 months.
1). My mother just called me yesterday. At this point we have a distant relationship for good reason. Yesterday, she actually sounded "good". While I'm happy to an extent, this makes me nervous because when she's doing well, she lashes out. So I guess I'm kind of waiting for her next attack. She also called me and I answered. I'm nervous again because she may take this to mean she can call whenever she wants, and when I do not respond, she will lash out. She also declared that she is going to save her social security to pay for my plane ticket to visit. While this may sound great, she's likely I use this to try and manipulate my visit. Lastly, the last 3 calls I've had with her I can already sense her manipulation, and I really don't know what to do with it other than avoid it as much as possible. My mother is a Christian.
2). Sadly, I am closer to my stepmom than my own mother. She is a quiet and isolated woman who was married to my abusive father for 20 yrs before he died last June. In the 90's she took Phen-Phen and experienced some problems with it. Today she was in the ER getting all kind of tests. My stepmother is Mormon, but I believe she really is open and seeking truth. When my dad was awaiting his transplant, they lived with my friends, the associate pastor at my church, for 6 months.
