Dear Clover:

We survive  mothers like that, at  best. Live to  tell about it. Thank you for the empathy.

Six months and then move to another country, is that the plan?

I did just that, worked,  saved some money and left my mother and  the country. Problem was I kept  going back to her, visiting her and then letting her visit me, come  to stay with me or close to me. That was a big mistake, it kept me sick. If I could go back into the past, I would cut all  contact with her at 25 when I first left the country to live elsewhere.

My life would have  been so much better for that.

anita