I forgot to add something pretty important........what goes around comes around..........

My 13 yr old neice has been suffering abuse by her mother and boyfriend for several years and now lives with my mother. This freaked me out BIG TIME!!! I was beside myself with worry, still am to a degree, and it took me quite a while to try and back off from the situation.

Neice is getting abuse counselling (finally!) and my mother and her dad (my brother) too. Brother suffers with depression (issues with my mother) and could not cope with his daughter so moved out a few weeks back, but I am certain one day he will find the strength to support his daughter and get her to live with him when she gets to a healing place.

So, my mother is getting all this help now with parenting skills for my neice........she missed the boat with me.