Touched by an Angel, Season 2

Claire:
I don't know what I'm doing here. It just hurt so bad I had to do something. I wanted to make her hurt as much as I did.

Monica:
And you succeeded. But do you feel any better now? [Claire shakes her head] Claire, bad things are always going to happen in this life and people will hurt you but you can't use that as an excuse to fail or hurt someone in return because you just hurt yourself. God loves you. And He loves your mother. And it hurts to see both of you in so much pain.

Claire:
Both of us?

Monica:
Your mother has been hurting for a long time. And she's been trying so hard to provide for you and protect you that she's ... she's pushed her own pain aside. Yes, she has to learn to understand what you're feeling. But you have to try and understand what she needs as well.

Claire:
I never thought of her as being in pain before.

Monica:
The day comes in every daughter's life when she sees her mother not as a mother but as another woman with a heart that can be broken. This is that day for you.