OWN took a closer look into the softer side of Amanda this week’s episode. She focused once again on the fact that she hadn’t gotten any mail from her mother…which is beginning to get a bit annoying. To her, mail was the lifeline to her mother’s support which she feels she needs for recovery. Dr. Covington had her first one-on-one with her and she shared that she had been sexually abused from ages 5 to 10 years old by her mother’s best friend. As both her mother and her best friend used crank, it was easy to understand how Amanda became a user by age 5. Suddenly the mother issues made TOTAL sense. Amanda decided it was time to write her mother and share how she felt. The show headed to Tracy’s home, Amanda’s mother. She read the letter and informed us that Amanda grew up with her being bipolar. She spoke of how Amanda didn’t start getting in trouble until she was around 7 or 8. I can’t help but think that is 2 years after the molestation began. Her mom felt a lot of guilt and responsibility for how her daughter’s life has unraveled. Next mail-call that we see…Amanda gets her letter and it was a beautiful one. Just what Amanda needed. You could tell she felt loved and hopeful. Maybe now she can start to heal.
An insightful Nicole emerged this episode. A young girl who got hooked on drugs, had children with multiple men, always made sure her children where clean and fed… and neglectful emotionally and actively as a mother. Her story is not all that uncommon, so it was a great addition to the series. Sentenced for reckless homicide, Nicole had left her 2 sons in the bathtub as she went to the front door to get her daughter off the bus. Her 11 month old son drown. [read more…]
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