Spacey Creepytoes
I think Kevin Spacey has the same name these days!
We all lose when many of us think this way, and we are being very much encouraged to think this way.
It impacts us all in a number of ways, directly and indirectly, but due to the complexity, most don't see how.
Your mother sounds like my kind of woman.
In some ways, she was great. For the most part though... :)
It's very hard to be a parent. We are all amateurs. Those whose families don't spin out of control now and then are simply the lucky ones. She somehow spawned at least two sons who seem to have their heads mostly functioning well. Did you have another adult influence who wasn't "for the most part though"?