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I hate Mother's Day. Awful though it sounds, I've hated mother's day for a very long time. I've felt guilty about it. I also know it's not politically correct, so I've not said out loud. But it's time to admit it. I hate Mother's Day.

I first hated it when I was in my twenties. I felt hurt and angry at my mother for the many things that she had done or not done that had hurt me. The more I looked, the more I saw of this. I didn't want to be a hypocrite, so it was hard to say all the sweet, sappy things on the greeting cards. How could I be dishonest and say things I didn't feel?

What I know now is that I was mostly angry with my mother for not being the perfect archetypal mother. She did not fill the shoes of the Fairy Godmother or the Mother of God or the Great Goddess. She was just human, dang-it. She made mistakes, she had weaknesses. I was appalled. She had great gaps in who she was and what she could accomplish and do for me and be for me. And I resented it. I wanted her to be the Virgin Mary, the Fairy Godmother and the Great Goddess all wrapped into one.

Tips for Helping Gifted, Highly Sensitive Teens & Kids Cope with Trauma

This month, April, 2009 is the tenth anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. Sharon Barnes moved into the Columbine neighborhood about six weeks before this tragedy. She wrote this article right after the shooting. Creative, highly sensitive and gifted people are often greatly affected by traumatic events-even those on the other side of the country or the world. Mrs. Barnes brings this article back in the hope that it will help you cope with this and other traumas you may encounter.