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When you were a child, who took care of your mother?<\/span><\/h1>\n

There\u2019s a simple question that can change how you understand your life.<\/p>\n

When you were a child, who took care of your mother?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t rush to answer.<\/p>\n

Maybe your father.<\/p>\n

Maybe your grandmother.<\/p>\n

Maybe another adult.<\/p>\n

But for many people, the answer is a painful one:<\/p>\n

\u201cMe.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not because they cooked or paid the bills.<\/p>\n

But because, without realizing it, they started taking care of their mother\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n

They tried to cheer her up when she was sad.<\/p>\n

They did their best not to upset her.<\/p>\n

They sensed right away when she was worried and did everything they could not to add one more problem.<\/p>\n

A child does this out of love. Not because they choose to. But because it\u2019s their way of staying connected to their parent. <\/p>\n

How do you know you carried this responsibility?<\/h1>\n

Maybe even today:<\/p>\n