This was almost hard for me to read, because I remember how devastated my mother was when I took up with AH. She had had the courage to leave my dad when I was 12, yet 9 years later, I chose a mate that was my dad's double.
My stepfather once told me, after I had been dating AH for a few weeks, that my mother cried herself to sleep every night.
So thank you for giving not only yourself a big gift, but also your mother.
I have a daughter. She is VERY strong. She calls the shots in her relationships, and God knows where she got THAT from! I feel I failed her in some ways in terms of modeling good, healthy relationships, and I only pray that somehow the Sins of the Mother will bypass her.