Dear Sammi:

Your mother reminds me of my mother (who unlike your mother, though, was verbally and physically violent to me) who got so very angry at a teacher who made fun of me and went to my elementary school, located that teacher (the teacher called me “auntie” for some reason, I was told, that was the fun-making part), and screamed and yelled at her in front of the whole school for calling me “auntie”. It was a terrifying experience for me. And the thing is, my mother said much worse words to me: calling me “A Nothing”, a “Big Zero” and so on.

Small talk in counseling. I hope there will be more meaningful talk next time…?

anita