November 10, 2015
Acceptance Is The Key

My mother always seemed to enjoy my sister much more than me. It made me jealous, but then I heard you talking to a caller about the same thing, and you said "That is the relationship. Either learn how to deal with it or have no relationship." I did just that. I realized my sister was much needier of my mother's attention than I, and I was much more independent than my sister. Once I just accepted the relationship the way it was....wow, what a difference!

It's been more than 20 years now, but my mom, sister and I have a lot of fun and very much enjoy our time together. My mother still does more with my sister when we're together, but that's the way it is. So I wanted to say "thank you" for that long-ago advice. Without it, I don't know how our relationship would have been all these years, but as it stands, we just came back from a fantastic weekend away to celebrate my birthday.

Thank you!

Cindy

Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM