Nandina
Thank you encouraging kind response. Could so relate. Chaotic dysfunctional families have all types of personalities & issues to go along with them. I have a third daughter who was much like yours ODD & PTSD. As a teenager she was a nightmare. The pain she held inside came out in the most emotionally & verbal abusive ways. I drew the boundaries I needed to be safe. I understood she was hurting however she had to be in therapy working on that not being abusive to her family members.
She too has changed into an amazing young woman. She moved out at 20, has made a successful career for herself, owns her own home, travels. She is living the life I have always dreamed for her. Last year she got married & it was one of the most beautiful experiences in my life. And she too will call me & thank me for being an amazing Mom, for teaching her & her sisters how to be loving, kind human beings. She will always tell me that my leading by example never giving up on my personal journey to wellness is what inspired her.
One never knows where the journey will take us.
