Finally got this text

I don't know what to do. I'd love some advice.

Unfortunately, I don't see my therapist for 3 weeks and she's in the middle of moving houses so I don't want to bother her. 😢

Anyway. I recently shared that my mom posted about my birthday on her FB page and tagged me even though we haven't spoken and she hasn't reached out in any way in over 3 years.

Well, last night I got this text from her:

"I've wanted to reach out for so long but I wanted to respect your peace and space. I've missed you and wanted you to know. I hope you had a great birthday and I'm not texting to impose, I just want you to know that I'm here to talk or to listen. I've missed you terribly and know I've got work to do on myself and relationships that are most important."

Some context I shared in the last post; we had a huge fight and stopped speaking the day she married a man I barely know.

She lied to me about my little sister's dad cheating on her. (been in my life since I was 14, I'm 31) so that I wouldn't talk to him.

She married the new guy only a year after leaving my sister's dad. (She admitted to me she was already talking to him before her relationship with my sisters dad ended.)

She's always in financial trouble.

By the looks of the small changes she keeps making to her FB profile, she and the husband may be splitting.

She texted my sister's dad a few days after she posted about my birthday and asked him for money.

She knows I make a lot of money.

I want to believe that she's ready to heal and make changes but a huge part of me thinks she is only reaching out because she's about to have no one and need financial help.

I just need others who know what this is like to give me some thoughts.

Am I stupid to consider responding? The first thing I'd tell her is that we can't repair our relationship unless she also repairs her relationship with my sisters dad, as well as the one between him and my sister. My mom's got her convinced that he's a terrible person and my sister treats him like shit.

I feel like that alone would send her packing honestly. Ok well anyway this post keeps getting longer and longer so I'll stop there.