http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/how-do-i-defuse-my-mothers-anger/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 18 May 2012 11:16:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/how-do-i-defuse-my-mothers-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-5642 Erna Mon, 04 May 2009 10:11:06 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=605#comment-5642 Polly can try writing to her mother. Unlike face-to-face encounters, it does not demand an immediate reaction and will give the sick woman time to think -- rather than reacting from the depth of her pain and misery. Myabe it won't change anything. But there is some chance that it will increase communication, or at least clarify how much her daughter cares for her. Polly can try writing to her mother. Unlike face-to-face encounters, it does not demand an immediate reaction and will give the sick woman time to think — rather than reacting from the depth of her pain and misery. Myabe it won’t change anything. But there is some chance that it will increase communication, or at least clarify how much her daughter cares for her.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/how-do-i-defuse-my-mothers-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-5637 Tony Mon, 04 May 2009 08:24:36 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=605#comment-5637 Is there a spiritual leader to whom the mother is or was close and who could talk to her about this? Is there a spiritual leader to whom the mother is or was close and who could talk to her about this?

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/how-do-i-defuse-my-mothers-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-5636 Isabelle Mon, 04 May 2009 08:23:29 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=605#comment-5636 Polly doesn't mention if this kind of anger is a regular thing with her mother. Maybe she only lets it all out on her family because they're the only ones she can vent at. Polly doesn’t mention if this kind of anger is a regular thing with her mother. Maybe she only lets it all out on her family because they’re the only ones she can vent at.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/how-do-i-defuse-my-mothers-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-5634 Sheena Mon, 04 May 2009 08:15:34 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=605#comment-5634 How sad. Polly is about to lose her mother in body, but she really has already lost her. That mother is no longer the person Polly once knew. How sad. Polly is about to lose her mother in body, but she really has already lost her. That mother is no longer the person Polly once knew.

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