Children who hit

[ailbhe]

My mother swears she was never hit by any of us after we were two.

But we can remember doing it. Not much, like, but hitting one's mother is a bit of a Big Deal and sticks in the guilt-ridden memory somewhat.

I wonder will my journals prevent me from rewriting the children's pasts? Or just alter how I rewrite them? I know other parents who swear they never smacked their children, with similar contradictory child-memories.

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[ailbhe]

My mother is unusually helpful in that she knows she has blank spots due to depression messing with her memory, so she doesn't *argue* with us over this stuff. But she is disconcerted by it.