That is an awful lot to have survived. I can't imagine how you managed to cope, but it seems you have managed . . . somehow. Children born into bad circumstances really can have few options. It amazes me that, sometimes, these children do emerge as human beings with kind hearts. You have. I'm glad. I hope you can make up to yourself for so much that you were denied so young. It is tragic . . . and beyond what that word can even express.

Thanks for telling us your story. It demonstrates what a human being can come through.

((((HUGS))))