Dear Starlight
You are quite right to not keep harping back to your mother & the past in a way that does not allow you to heal & move forward.
I saw my friends latest art work yesterday I can see how far she has come in her own healing of her traumatic past. I hope you too find a medium in which you can explore your pain healthily, so the past can become a tool with which you can find a brighter happier present.
Roberta