I used to set myself up, have these ideas as to what I wanted her to say and do in any given situation. When she did not perform, I would be crushed. This has gone on for years, even as recent as July of 2011.
She tells me she will help me, 500%, and then disappears, and is nowhere to be found. She is not true to her word. So many broken promises, so much betrayal. She is a good person, just not a good mom to me.
In just one month, I've been brutally honest with myself. I have exposed the child with a great big fantasy. In doing so, I have felt sadness at times, and I've had to sit down to realize why I am sad. Have you ever just felt sad and didnt know why? Well, I would guess these stupid fantasies I have kept up for over 40 years are not easy to destroy.
What is it about adopted children that make them create this mommy fantasy? Is it because we are taken away from our mother at birth? At a very young age, as young as 2, I remember feeling sad, feelings of waiting to be picked up, like the kid waiting to be picked up after school, only to realize she has been forgotten. This has to come from somewhere. Well, I sure have done a whopper of a job creating this mommy that does not exist. Multiple mommies, both birth and adoptive mommies.
Im feeling possibly a bit embarrassed. Im not a little kid. I'm a grown woman, and I should have exposed this a long time ago. But wow, is this painful. Having to accept and face the fact that I do not have a mom. She is not coming for me, nor is she waiting around the corner to take me to get ice cream. She will not take me shopping the way I take my daughter shopping, we will not enjoy moments together as I have hoped and dreamed we would. She will never give me hugs and kisses as I had dreamed she would these 46 years. She will never look into my eyes with adoration and true love, like I've wanted her to. The bond I hoped for is not there. I can barely face this, and its just devastating. Why do I keep going back for more disappointment? I know why, its this stupid fantasy, that has kept me emotionally, around 5 years old. Why does this hurt so much for a girl to not have her mom? Where do I put all of this disappointment?
She is not coming for me, and I have to face this reality. I have to give mom her real personality, she has to measure up to who she really is, and I have to accept that she has betrayed me, left me, abandoned me in the past and at the current time.
I guess, from what my husband tells me, that I have this gift of giving out fake personalities, that my mom has always been this way, and I seem to make her into something else, so I would have to guess this fantasy has officially been exposed, for everyone to see, at least that is how I feel this morning. I am exposing Cathy, age 46, emotionally around age 5 regarding mommy fantasy. I promise to stop pretending, and be honest about who my mommy really is. I have to accept that she does not exist.
She tells me she will help me, 500%, and then disappears, and is nowhere to be found. She is not true to her word. So many broken promises, so much betrayal. She is a good person, just not a good mom to me.
In just one month, I've been brutally honest with myself. I have exposed the child with a great big fantasy. In doing so, I have felt sadness at times, and I've had to sit down to realize why I am sad. Have you ever just felt sad and didnt know why? Well, I would guess these stupid fantasies I have kept up for over 40 years are not easy to destroy.
What is it about adopted children that make them create this mommy fantasy? Is it because we are taken away from our mother at birth? At a very young age, as young as 2, I remember feeling sad, feelings of waiting to be picked up, like the kid waiting to be picked up after school, only to realize she has been forgotten. This has to come from somewhere. Well, I sure have done a whopper of a job creating this mommy that does not exist. Multiple mommies, both birth and adoptive mommies.
Im feeling possibly a bit embarrassed. Im not a little kid. I'm a grown woman, and I should have exposed this a long time ago. But wow, is this painful. Having to accept and face the fact that I do not have a mom. She is not coming for me, nor is she waiting around the corner to take me to get ice cream. She will not take me shopping the way I take my daughter shopping, we will not enjoy moments together as I have hoped and dreamed we would. She will never give me hugs and kisses as I had dreamed she would these 46 years. She will never look into my eyes with adoration and true love, like I've wanted her to. The bond I hoped for is not there. I can barely face this, and its just devastating. Why do I keep going back for more disappointment? I know why, its this stupid fantasy, that has kept me emotionally, around 5 years old. Why does this hurt so much for a girl to not have her mom? Where do I put all of this disappointment?
She is not coming for me, and I have to face this reality. I have to give mom her real personality, she has to measure up to who she really is, and I have to accept that she has betrayed me, left me, abandoned me in the past and at the current time.
I guess, from what my husband tells me, that I have this gift of giving out fake personalities, that my mom has always been this way, and I seem to make her into something else, so I would have to guess this fantasy has officially been exposed, for everyone to see, at least that is how I feel this morning. I am exposing Cathy, age 46, emotionally around age 5 regarding mommy fantasy. I promise to stop pretending, and be honest about who my mommy really is. I have to accept that she does not exist.
This is a powerful post. I was in a reunion with my mother since 1985. We no longer have contact.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I used to have a fantasy of a loving mother. That fantasy has died, but the grief remains.
We deserved better.
Hugs,
Elizabeth
It does remain but I find as time goes by it gets a little easier. why did your reunion stop?
ReplyDeleteThanks