I did not grow up feeling loved, validated or cherished by my mother. It is difficult for me to pour these words out because I desire to honor her. She died in 1998, along with my father in a car accident. I believe, with all my heart, that my mother did the very best she… Continue reading Learning to Love My Children After Abuse
Tag: emotional abuse
You Are My Sunshine: An Abuser’s Theme Song
There is more than one variation of You Are My Sunshine, but this one will do for our purposes here. Every time I hear this song (as I did this evening, sung by Johnny Cash - who wrote more than one very abuser friendly song by the way), it makes me cringe. Why? Because though… Continue reading You Are My Sunshine: An Abuser’s Theme Song
