A Mother's Love
He ruined a lot of my relationships, especially with my family. Even when they felt perhaps something was wrong and wanted to help me, I was too brainwashed to allow them to. Instead I just became so isolated, the abuse continued to just get worse.
This is a letter I recently found inside an old notebook. My mother never gave this to me during the time that all this was occurring. I remember one time when I was on break from college I told her I only came back to see my friends, and not her. She cried. I feel so bad thinking back on that; my mother is tough and I know that I really hurt her feelings. A letter like this reminds me that no matter how unfair I was to her, my mother's intent was always to make sure I was okay.