My mom watched this video today (due to me giving her the videotape and telling her to watch it, heh). She said she cried and thanked me for sharing it with her. She sees herself in the video as well. She was treated badly by her dad - he was full of rage -, and she treated us kids pretty much the same way.

We talked a lot about this "cycle" today. It was a good thing!

I've been afraid to have children because I don't want to treat them the way I was treated. Fear sucks. It causes us to be bound up in our lives.

We've began reading a book by T.D. Jakes called "Woman Thou Art Loosed". It deals with a lot of these issues in this thread. I really recommend it. :heart