Ruth's mom is not happy though.  She falls deeper into depression.  All she can think about is how she has been a failure ...how she was unable to protect her own daughter from all the abuse her dad had put her through.  Now, day and night, all she can think about is the torment he also put her through ...but she can't escape the guilt of constantly being so overwhelmed by her own battered past, instead of being strong for a daughter who must have suffered tremendously more than she had.