Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Father
Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Father? Copyright 2019 – Brenda Rees Every person needs to know that there are some constants in life. Things that never change. Like when you look back at childhood you can say: “My mother does this”, or “My father doesn’t like that.” Something that doesn’t change, so you can use the present tense in reflection. You hold on to a piece of the inner child to tie yourself to a protecting parent. You’ll feel a little safer knowing that the nest is always there and things there are the same as they were before careers, responsibilities and yes, even before acne. No one ever wants to adjust those memories. We don’t relish saying, “My mother used to do that, but she’s changed, she doesn’t do that anymore.” Even if our parents do change, we analyze that maybe we misunderstood how it was when we were little and manipulate the present circumstances with the past cubbyholes of our memory. Parents are...