Category: parenting
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The side effects of emotional abuse.
The effects of emotional abuse spread far and wide. Having lived in that situation has given me deeper insight to the long lasting effects of being treated so poorly. If it isn’t enough to rebuild your own sense of worth you might find that you are devalued in the eyes…
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It is what it is …
AT nearly 53 years old this May 2023, second marriage for one year with my gorgeous husband, mother of five, fulltime employee, eldest sister of four, daughter to my awesome Dad and a friend to my friends, life time and time again shows me how it can be so senseless…
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Not on my watch ….
An area of weakness within my DNA and core of who I am is the tendency to believe that all people are good and they have your back. Time and time again I have found that not to be the case. We meet people along the path of life whether…
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A letter from mum
To My Dear Children, I’m writing a letter to express my thoughts and feelings regarding all the pain each of us have felt at different stages since the night I left your father. Several hearts broke as I left a 27-year marriage nearly 4 years this July with your youngest…