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> [“Realizing your own mother was incapable of truly seeing you—of loving you for who you are rather than as an extension of herself—is a bitter pill to swallow. It’s the death of a fundamental childhood hope, the one where if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shari-franke/realizing-your-own-mother-was-incapable-of-truly-seeing-you-of-loving/)

Shari Franke

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## More by Shari Franke

> [“Realizing your own mother was incapable of truly seeing you—of loving you for who you are rather than as an extension of herself—is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shari-franke/realizing-your-own-mother-was-incapable-of-truly-seeing-you-of-loving/)

Shari Franke

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