*smiles* For someone who had a family who trasured them, loved them, valued them, and would never think of harming them, being able to talk casually about past abuse is incomprehensible. They don't realize that when one is a child, if one has been abused, one thinks it is normal because that's all one knows. It's normal.

I have friends who were abused, and I have my own issues with my family. I have to remind myself that it is a good thing that my children are not scared of me and don't hide when I get angry. It tells me I have done something right. And I didn't pass it on.

I'm glad you liked the story!