[Koshveily]

Augh... my mom is STILL feeding me these comments. Nope... wouldn't put myself through this voluntarily... sorry. But... in the interests of moms everywhere... she never dealt with this (I'm assuming from her comment) and is most likely trying to be supportive in whatever way she believes could be the best way. There are few women out there who would intentionally say something hurtful to their daughter who is suffering... so the best advice is to do whatever it takes to see the positive in every hurtful action.

I don't know if I posted it here or elsewhere... my mom called me the other day. Her first words to me were, "I'm stepping out in faith, Shel." I inquired as to what exactly she meant by that... and she said, "I just bought you a crib." Yep. She bought me a crib... for the baby I don't have. Now, on the one hand, scenario A, I could be incredibly offended... a month ago, I lost my second little beanie and here this woman is, rubbing it in my face that I have no little baby to fill that crib. On the other hand, scenario B, it feels empowering. My mom has so much faith in God and in my tenacity to get what I have longed for my whole life that she is willing to put money on it. I'm choosing to only look at scenario B because I know that my mother would never do anything to intentionally hurt me.

Again, best of luck with that. It's not an easy thing to deal with.

PS- Where in Boston are you? I'm just outside in Waltham.