Complex sentence: Despite her flakiness, Weda does love her son very much and sometimes tries to give him advice and cook lunches for him; unfortunately she is a terrible cook and usually injures herself badly when she tries to cook anything but shrimp au gratin.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite her flakiness, Weda does love her son very much and sometimes tries to give him advice and cook lunches for him. Unfortunately, she is a terrible cook and usually injures herself badly when she tries to cook anything but shrimp au gratin.