“I don’t say anything but to tell you the truth sometimes I can’t describe the pain, it hurts me bad. But for me it is better that I don’t say anything because I know it would cause confusion and it wouldn’t solve anything. They are my children and I love them but sometimes I does wonder…,” she trailed off and there was a long silence.
This mother of four was speaking about the relationship she has with her young adult children, three of whom are parents themselves. We have been discussing it for a while and at times she cries. I have known her since we were children, but it was only recently she gave me permission to publish some of what we spoke about.
“I know you are not using my name, but I still don’t want too much out there in the public,” she warned me after agreeing.