I am in awe of what you have survived. I can’t imagine growing up under such distress. I don’t know how I would function as an adult if that were my parents.
I also heard my daughter’s voice while reading this. I made foolish mistakes that really put her through a metaphorical pressure cooker.
She is rebellious but in the best way.
I admire her as she breaks my heart.
And it is her rebelliousness that actually awoke my own rebellion (people pleaser no more).
My husband called her woke like it was a bad thing.
I’m glad she raised some hell.
My soul is awakened and alive now. Whereas before I was alive but in a weird dark bubble. Her bravery to speak out….that’s what saved me.
This made me laugh and smile and also ponder a little harder...
Thank you, and thank you for feeling what this story was trying to convey. I love how you talk about your daughter, bravo for seeing her rebelliousness not as a bad child, but as child.
Congratulations! Our children are so truly intuitive, and insistent lol -- guiding that insistence can be beautiful motion. Mine is 33 and she's stubborn as hell and I love that lol
Thank you so much for reading, and I appreciate that so much. It was an interesting one to look at, but man did it help me slow down and see things clearly, in a very good way.
Thank you for the restack! I hope sharing my struggle with a label that plagued me for years, may help someone to identify a label placed on them that wasn’t theirs to own.
I am in awe of what you have survived. I can’t imagine growing up under such distress. I don’t know how I would function as an adult if that were my parents.
I also heard my daughter’s voice while reading this. I made foolish mistakes that really put her through a metaphorical pressure cooker.
She is rebellious but in the best way.
I admire her as she breaks my heart.
And it is her rebelliousness that actually awoke my own rebellion (people pleaser no more).
My husband called her woke like it was a bad thing.
I’m glad she raised some hell.
My soul is awakened and alive now. Whereas before I was alive but in a weird dark bubble. Her bravery to speak out….that’s what saved me.
Thank you for being part of the brave.
This made me laugh and smile and also ponder a little harder...
Thank you, and thank you for feeling what this story was trying to convey. I love how you talk about your daughter, bravo for seeing her rebelliousness not as a bad child, but as child.
She truly astounds me and has been wise beyond her years for a long time. She is 16 now, 15 when I finally left my husband.
We are living our best lives now, no toxic husband energy over here anymore.
Congratulations! Our children are so truly intuitive, and insistent lol -- guiding that insistence can be beautiful motion. Mine is 33 and she's stubborn as hell and I love that lol
Very vivid and emotional. You rock for putting it out here.
Thank you so much for reading, and I appreciate that so much. It was an interesting one to look at, but man did it help me slow down and see things clearly, in a very good way.
You said it out load and that's the hardest part. Naming it so thst it can no longer can have a hold over you. I liked your language.
Yes~~and thank you so much
Thank you for the restack! I hope sharing my struggle with a label that plagued me for years, may help someone to identify a label placed on them that wasn’t theirs to own.