Jinny,

Please give YOURSELF a big hug....and be proud of yourself for having the strength to focus on the emotional pain -- it's hard work!!!

I just started therapy 5 months ago to deal with a childhood filled with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse...and unfortunately, I'm discovering that it's the emotional abandonment that I struggle with the most as an adult.

Now that my mother is deceased, I find myself grieving the loss of not only a mom, but also the mom that I never had.

I am very proud of you for taking this challenge in your journey, jinny.