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“She wanted this. And I wanted her to have it. I wanted her to be happy. But now that I have it, I realize that she’s happy and I’m not. Her happiness came at the cost of mine. I feel robbed and exploited.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I was conditioned to believe any boundary I wanted was a betrayal of her, so I stayed silent. Cooperative.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“And if my entire life and point of view and identity have been built on a false foundation, confronting that false foundation would mean destroying and rebuilding a new foundation from the ground up. I have no idea how to go about doing this.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Recovery so far is, in some ways, as difficult as the bulimic/alcohol-ridden years, but difficult in a different way because I'm facing my issues for the first time instead of burying them with eating disorders and substances. I'm processing not only the grief of my mom's death, but the grief of a childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood that I feel I had never truly been able to live for myself. It's difficult, but it's the kind of difficult I have pride in.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
Makena’s 2025 Year in Books
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