Cate

And so... My mom has come over to our house a few times for like barbecues and to see the kids. And there's been like two or three times where I'll drop the older two off of my mom's house just for the day. I'm not comfortable with overnights yet. And she knows that. I let them hang out for a few hours. I go there, pick them up, bring them home.

And so... My mom has come over to our house a few times for like barbecues and to see the kids. And there's been like two or three times where I'll drop the older two off of my mom's house just for the day. I'm not comfortable with overnights yet. And she knows that. I let them hang out for a few hours. I go there, pick them up, bring them home.

Like whatever makes me feel safe and comfortable, I'm okay with. And I think that's maybe what needed to happen for my mom to realize like I'm not doing this anymore this back and forth the me not speaking when I'm uncomfortable or I'm showing up and you're drinking and I don't say anything and I stay but I'm anxious like I'm not doing it anymore for myself and

Like whatever makes me feel safe and comfortable, I'm okay with. And I think that's maybe what needed to happen for my mom to realize like I'm not doing this anymore this back and forth the me not speaking when I'm uncomfortable or I'm showing up and you're drinking and I don't say anything and I stay but I'm anxious like I'm not doing it anymore for myself and

Like whatever makes me feel safe and comfortable, I'm okay with. And I think that's maybe what needed to happen for my mom to realize like I'm not doing this anymore this back and forth the me not speaking when I'm uncomfortable or I'm showing up and you're drinking and I don't say anything and I stay but I'm anxious like I'm not doing it anymore for myself and

So it's been slowly progressing into a relationship, but I'm just literally taking it super slow.

So it's been slowly progressing into a relationship, but I'm just literally taking it super slow.

So it's been slowly progressing into a relationship, but I'm just literally taking it super slow.

And I've noticed like she reached out to me and said, hey, I would love to start doing like a weekly thing. I come over once a week. We do dinner or we make pies or we do...

And I've noticed like she reached out to me and said, hey, I would love to start doing like a weekly thing. I come over once a week. We do dinner or we make pies or we do...

And I've noticed like she reached out to me and said, hey, I would love to start doing like a weekly thing. I come over once a week. We do dinner or we make pies or we do...

Because I made a promise to myself. There's been many times. And I feel like, you know, When you do grow up in addiction and you're so used to policing the environment so you feel safe, like... you know, she would start drinking around me or whatever. And I would just, I would just shut down. And I knew what my boundaries were to myself. Like get up and say, Hey, I'm leaving.

Because I made a promise to myself. There's been many times. And I feel like, you know, When you do grow up in addiction and you're so used to policing the environment so you feel safe, like... you know, she would start drinking around me or whatever. And I would just, I would just shut down. And I knew what my boundaries were to myself. Like get up and say, Hey, I'm leaving.

Because I made a promise to myself. There's been many times. And I feel like, you know, When you do grow up in addiction and you're so used to policing the environment so you feel safe, like... you know, she would start drinking around me or whatever. And I would just, I would just shut down. And I knew what my boundaries were to myself. Like get up and say, Hey, I'm leaving.

I'll see you in a few days or whatever you're having, you're drinking. I'm leaving, you know, but I wouldn't, I would sit there and I would just, he's like, I could physically see your body turn inward.

I'll see you in a few days or whatever you're having, you're drinking. I'm leaving, you know, but I wouldn't, I would sit there and I would just, he's like, I could physically see your body turn inward.

I'll see you in a few days or whatever you're having, you're drinking. I'm leaving, you know, but I wouldn't, I would sit there and I would just, he's like, I could physically see your body turn inward.

It never took a toll on our relationship.

It never took a toll on our relationship.

It never took a toll on our relationship.