MAKING PEACE WITH THE PAST

By Debbie Bulloch



My mom recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous growth. As those of you who follow this blog know, as a young woman I had a troubled relationship with my mom.

Traumatic events, like a medical emergency, have a powerful way to focus our attention on the important things of life. Mom’s recent illness has helped me--and her--to put the events of the past into an entirely different perspective. Resentments that fueled feelings of bitterness that kept mom and I apart, no longer seem to be so important. Instead of wasting precious time living in the past, she and I look forward to a future free of the chains that held us back for so many years.

I am learning not to let past pain and hurt keep me from enjoying this moment in time. I know that making peace with the past will change the rest of my life for the better.

You should try it!

BEATLES – She is Leaving Home



She is Leaving Home (lyrics)

Wednesday morning at five o'clock
as the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the back door key
Stepping outside she is free

She (we gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
home (we gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband
Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me

She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone for
so many years (bye bye)

Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade

She (what did we do that was wrong)
is having (we didn't know it was wrong)
fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied for
so many years (bye bye)
She's leaving home (bye bye)