I am pretty depressed about life right now. I must be depressed. I’m sitting home on Friday night listening to Peter Allen music and dreading tomorrow. And I can’t write about it for fear of creating wreckage. I don’t feel especially well equipped to make very adult decisions, but those close to me tell me this situation would be tricky for even the most well equipped adult. I just want to do what is best for everyone. I want to make sure that the best possible outcome is reached.
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This year we get a matched set of holiday mug shots. In less than a week mom had violated the terms of her release on bail and violated a restraining order. Sober people, and I mean that in both the physical and emotional sense, don’t violate restraining orders, do they? Now, even if her husband did tell her to come home, she isn’t above the law; and the law said she couldn’t come within 100 feet of him.
To be fair, I’ve done the same thing. Read the rest of this entry »
In the newest installment of my family tragi-comedy I have collected the 4th mug shot of my mother in as many years; this time for domestic assault. Now, placed in the same situation she has been living in I can hardly think that I would have been arrested for anything less than attempted murder, but as a sober person, I find it impossible to conceive of remaining in a toxic relationship with a sadistic monster like her husband. I’m not randomly calling him names. I have 30 years of history with this man and I can honestly say that he is the worst thing that ever happened to my family. But mom is very comfortable in her material condition. I wouldn’t call my parents “rich” by any means, but they want for nothing. And that presents something of a problem. Mom has enough money to be shielded from the consequences of many of her actions, and she is sick enough to be able to deny the rest. Read the rest of this entry »
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