When Helping Hurts: A Grandmother’s Lesson in Boundaries, Love, and Letting Go

She wrote about feeling smothered. About needing space. About how hard it was to speak up when someone meant well but didn’t always know when to back off.

She didn’t name me directly, but it was clear. She was talking about me.

My heart sank. In all my effort to help, had I crossed a line I didn’t see?

When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough

At first, I felt defensive. I had given so much of my time, energy, and heart. I had put my life on pause to be there, to make sure she didn’t feel alone. Didn’t she see that?

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