Martha's interview with Oprah two years ago and the 'fact' she could do anything she wanted if she put her mind to it. The frightening aspect of the Can Do Society and its 19th century Wagnerian roots. Time to read some Eric Erickson for some perspective on La Condition Humaine; he revealed how many societies do not even have a word for "I".

Hard to believe she prevented her daughter from having a rapport with her father, the most defining relationship a girl can have. We all came from homes of divorce but some of our mothers had glad hearts.

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