My mother and I cannot have a single conversation without one of us having to either walk away or make a remark in between. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something so dark and heavy constantly hanging in the air between us. Is it a desire to get an edge — appear more powerful? I’m convinced she just doesn’t know how to talk… or maybe talk to ME. She *always* says the wrong things. A person who doesn’t see life the way I do at all, constantly at loggerheads with me and my worldview? What do I do? I am in lockdown and for the last 2 years this has been the same story over and over again, to differing degrees. I want to be at peace. And I am really thankful for the things she has done for me over the last month. But still, we cannot have a single peaceful exchange. What to do?