<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409933477661730195</id><updated>2011-11-14T16:27:19.366-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Angry Black Woman</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://angryblackwoman.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3409933477661730195/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://angryblackwoman.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>blkcoffeenosugarnocream</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501213231786792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409933477661730195.post-8779880332053204443</id><published>2011-11-14T16:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T16:27:19.387-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My mother</title><content type='html'>I've known for years but I am just now at a point where I can say it out loud---I do not like my mother! &lt;br /&gt;I love her dearly but wouldn't choose her to be my friend or acquaintance.&amp;nbsp; All of my years I've loved her thinking I had no choices but the truth is I can love her and not like her as a person.&amp;nbsp; I cannot change who she is nor can I disown her; therefore, I love her unconditionally from afar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mother has 60 years of baggage she carries around on a daily basis and it interferes with conversation and general interactions with her.&amp;nbsp; Every discussion is about relatives, their issues, who is "after" her (paranoia) and other nonsense.&amp;nbsp; I'm tired, I've lived with it for too long (decades) and by saying it (writing) out loud, I'm giving myself permission to let it go.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3409933477661730195-8779880332053204443?l=angryblackwoman.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://angryblackwoman.blogspot.com/feeds/8779880332053204443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://angryblackwoman.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-mother.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3409933477661730195/posts/default/8779880332053204443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3409933477661730195/posts/default/8779880332053204443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://angryblackwoman.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-mother.html' title='My mother'/><author><name>blkcoffeenosugarnocream</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501213231786792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
