Right, I can't move past that life.
yeah same, but to me forgiving and healing isnt necessarily about forgetting what happened in the past, but about moving on and accepting what happened, happened. what matters is how much she wants to make it up to lily and how she goes about it. i think me and and a lot of people can see just how much she wants to make it up to lily, but she still has a long way to go about properly doing it. i still don’t like the mother that much but i think she’s a really interesting complex character. it’s actually pretty realistic that she hasn’t completely changed, but she constantly acknowledges she was a terrible person, STILL thinks she’s a terrible person but thinks needs to give lily the best life possible regardless, and even when she thinks she’s doing what’s best for lily, it’s not what lily wants. i see a lot of people in other threads think similarly, i think it’s up to you whether or not you’re a forgive and forget, or not forgive and not forget type of person
That is why I love how the author is not glorifying it, they are are telling us both sides of the story from different pov's. She is not the protagonist, it's Lyrica but we all know how unreliable her narrative is, that is why it's refreshing to see other's pov especially her mother.
i know she wants the best for lily and is atoning for what she did before but i still have mixed feelings with her everytime the past is brought up