Hi Friend,
Your post was timely for me. As you know, I'm truly sorry for all the suffering you endured as a child. A little child.

While my brother and I were being brutalized by my father my mother listened outside the door but did not come in. She suspected, but did not investigate.

WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER???? I would NEVER let happen to my children what SHE let happen to hers!!!!!

And now she's dead and I can't love her anymore, or miss her terribly. I wish her sister never told me her suspicions on Thanksgiving. What the hell was she thinking? She's a %#@&#! psychologist, no less.

But freewill, as you can see, I and many others here share your misery. Thank you so much for posting what had to be very difficult to post. You helped me.
Love,
Okie