Mother's LO challange

A challange was given of Faith Sisters this week. It was doing a LO about your mother. I just cringed and put it off as another LO I would not be involved in. You know what, it is the first full-page challange I have done in the 6 months I have been there. It seemed to be a small part of my healing process. Here is my LO and short story:

http://faith-sisters.blogspot.com/2008/04/focus-on-mothers-challenge-winner.html

I always have a hard time doing anything related to Mothers. I realize that the phrase "abusive home" get used a lot, but I grew up in one at the hands of my mother. We have always had our differences. We verbally fought to the "death" and I was hit with a board on a sometimes daily basis. I left home when I was 18 never to return. God has chosen in the last 10-15 years to start working on this relationship. I do not think our relationship will ever be good here on Earth, but in Heaven there will be no sorrow---I am looking forward to hugging my mother in Heaven and not having all the pain associated with it. God is a gracious God. My mother and I have done a lot of talking---not quite sure how much listening---and have come to an unspoken conclusion--we have my son in common and we have to start there. I tell her what I go through as a parent and we somehow find common ground on that. My heart breaks when I see other daughters getting along with there mothers. I so long for that. I am holding God to His promise of Heaven.