It is so messed up how true that is. When I was younger, my mother would physically abuse me after a stressful day at work, I could always feel it coming, even then I knew I was just a conduit for her aggression. My father, probably not wanting to be on her bad side, would ignore it, and come in afterwards saying my…

you’ve definitely struck a nerve for all us non-Hallmark daughters and sons- so thank you. As a survivor of a toxic mother I want to offer a way for people like me to take mother’s day and make it a day for us too- like Galentines- I go and visit a lovely lady at a care home who has early stage Alzheimer’s- it’s a…