Insufficient things

Today was a different day.  I believe that when insufficient things in life, that are not supposed to function actually function, we have problems.  I thought back to my life as a young girl and how my mother was really an insufficient mother.  Our family functioned because of all of the extensions working overtime to make sure that the family had what it needed.  It was a stressor on us and all who came in contact with us, therefore, I don’t blame folks for ignoring the phone calls.  It was a mess.  The best thing for it was for it to be able to just do what it was supposed to do.  It was supposed to look bad, stank bad and feel bad.  It was the insufficiency of that family that led me to look for functioning elements of family and womanhood and that is how I became what I am today.  The natural consequences needed the space to occur so that the dysfunctional family could one day…………