I was drawn into it right in the beginning and it held me to the ending. I found it to be a great informative writting of what a child goes through when their parents divorce, what it does to the child and how it makes you feel. I had a less than perfect mother too but nowhere near one like you had.

(My thoughts here... Your mother can't help how she is. Can you accept her AS she is, lies and all, forgive her KNOWING she can not help it. She is mentally ill, it IS a illness, something is wrong in her brain. If she could reason, she would be able to do better but she can not.. You can't drive a car very far on a flat tire. Try to reach some understanding within yourself about her so YOU can be happy and not filled with anger over her)

I REALLY think you did a great job on the paper...... But I am no teacher..