Dear Mom- The Real Reason (s) I Am Avoiding Your Calls

(Avoiding Mom’s Call)

Dear Mom,

You call me, and I don’t pick up. I know it frustrates you and makes you sad.

But do you wonder why I avoid your calls?

Is it that I don’t love you? Am I a thoughtless, ungrateful, heartless child?

Is that true, or is there something else going on?

Here is my truth.

I am sorry I am hurting your feelings; I think you are insensitive to mine.

Here is what I would tell you if I had the nerve and I had faith, you would really listen.

1 -You expect a report

It is as if you are the FBI and have authority to ask anything you want. There is no topic you won’t breach. My time and privacy are yours for the taking. If you have questions, you expect me to provide you the answers.

How this makes me feel? Invaded and intruded upon. When you expect me to report in to you, it feels as if I am offering up my life for your inspection. That my life is yours to fret over, manage and fix.