Yes, I can relate. When i look at my children today, I can see how vulnerable I must have been when I was hurt. It makes me want to shut down my feelings. It makes the pain and the memories so much more real. I have to deliberately remind myself that they are o.k. today because I protect them, and that it is o.k. for me to enjoy their childhood with them without the fear and agony that I grew up with. It is healing to be with them when I let it.

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