When My Mother Finally Stopped Criticizing Me

When My Mother Finally Stopped Criticizing Me
And Why I Wish She Hadn’t
Barbara Carson Todd
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Oct 5, 2022
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Photo by Tyler Nix on UnsplashI grew up on the Peninsula, just south of San Francisco, back in the 1960s and 70s. It was beautiful, and affordable back then, green hills rising into the Santa Cruz mountains, planes from San Francisco International taking off over the Bay, heading towards newly-built Foster City.
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Written by Barbara Carson Todd
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Writer, editor, advocate, occasional organist/cantor. You can find me at barbaracarsontodd.com or on https://nyaddcares.org.
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