“I don’t know. I believe that is all I can do for them now and for me it make me feel good, even if at times I does feel that they taking too much.”
She was answering a question I asked. This woman in her late forties is almost at the beck and call of her adult children. Whenever they call she is there regardless of her circumstances and if she has to leave herself undone to ensure she meets their needs she does it.
She continued, “I think I do it because when growing up I couldn’t give them what they need. We punish a lot when they was children. Sometimes I use to feel like a failure because we always in need. I use to have to be asking for help to just to get by.
