Here’s what I wonder…when is the right time for mothers…especially single mothers…more especially single mothers who escaped abuse by their children’s fathers…to really open up about how the fathers of their children are doing?
As a child of a selfish father who left me at age 5, I commend you for all the efforts to support your children. I share far too many experiences with you. I recognize my decisions with negative outcomes belong to me. Yet, if my childhood had been more healthy, perhaps, I could have avoided some future problems. You show grace and calm in the chaos of storms. You certainly have mothered differently than your experiences. I, too, consciously think before I speak and react. We cannot make our parents see their wrongs against us, and marriage with a man who fails to ever apologize creates a poor example for daughters to follow. I respect you and admire you!
Yes, we had so many similar experiences and I can't help but wonder what it would have meant to know and talk about that when we were young. I'm not certain I would have been able to open up but I like to think so. I feel the same toward you. You have always been powerful in my eyes and your children are just one proof of that.
As a child of a selfish father who left me at age 5, I commend you for all the efforts to support your children. I share far too many experiences with you. I recognize my decisions with negative outcomes belong to me. Yet, if my childhood had been more healthy, perhaps, I could have avoided some future problems. You show grace and calm in the chaos of storms. You certainly have mothered differently than your experiences. I, too, consciously think before I speak and react. We cannot make our parents see their wrongs against us, and marriage with a man who fails to ever apologize creates a poor example for daughters to follow. I respect you and admire you!
Yes, we had so many similar experiences and I can't help but wonder what it would have meant to know and talk about that when we were young. I'm not certain I would have been able to open up but I like to think so. I feel the same toward you. You have always been powerful in my eyes and your children are just one proof of that.