I never knew my father. I use to be really close to my mother when I was younger, matter of fact I had sort of a love/hate thing going on with her. Our relationship is better then it has been in years, I use to only talk to my mother when I needed something. I use to go to my grandmother and talk to her about my problems. My grandmother just died this past April (very hard on me) so now I do tend to talk a little bit more to my mother, b/c grannie is no longer here. We are supposed to honor our parents, but the bible also tells parents to not provoke your children to wrath too.