Wicked Stepmother

[Guest guest]

My nada was the embodiment of the wicked stepmother we read about in fairy

tales. Completely unrelated to the wonderful, real-life stepmothers that are

everywhere in our world, nada actually was the wicked caricature that came from

a writer's imagination . . . only much, much worse.

Even in fiction, it was like the author couldn't write such cruelty without

removing the witch from the heroine's bloodline. It's tough to believe someone

could be biologically related AND so destructive towards a child.

So today I was trying to reconcile the fact that nada is the wicked outsider in

my life with the fact that she gave birth to me and I look just like her.

Here's what I came up with:

I raised myself. I've always had to be my own mother. I'm also the wonderful,

kind, adoptive mother that provides safety, sanity, and kindness to the heroine

(me as well, thank you very much).

That makes nada, by default, the wicked stepmother. Unwelcomed, far removed,

and cast out of the heroine's life. Sheer justice in that.

Thanks, all.

Blessings,

Karla