Who will we be after the people we've become to survive?
My first lessons in hate came from my parents. They fought dirty. When angry, they'd use your worst secrets & fears against you. Once you realize that an adult sees anger as an excuse to be cruel, you know their love is always conditional.
Ever since, I've always watched how people manage their anger.
But these days, there's so much trauma tied up in our cruelty. So it's an open question:
Will we stay this cruel, after we've survived?
@MLClark
Relatable. My mother was that way. She used anger to cow people & get her own way.
A bittersweet high-five to you for surviving it - though I'm sorry you had to, too.
Hope you've got people in your life who make you feel much safer now!
@MLClark
Thanks for the kind words. ❤
@MLClark
My siblings & I shared the parent care stuff for a few years before she died. Did the best we could for her. But I felt no loss or grief when she passed.