“As a mother myself, there isn’t anyone on this planet that could put me in a position where I would treat my child the way…” I trail off. My mother may not have been the one who locked me in the house or told me I was worthless. She may not have been the one to throw things or break doors, but she never stopped him, never defended us. “There is no amount of fear that would drive me to be like her, no amount of approval I could seek to do the things she’s done or act the way she has.”
