MamaBlogger365 - Real Moms Cry, Too by Dorothy Sue Laqua

I could not wait to hear “MOM” for the very first time. I remember watching my belly grow. I remember talking to it, telling the child inside that I would be the best mom. I would never get angry; I would never hit him or scream at him. We would play and I would teach him all about life. I would never put him in an abusive situation. But the biggest promise I made him is that no matter what other people thought of him, no matter who teased him, he would always have a home and a place where he was loved. 

It is 32 years later now and... click here to read more.

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MamaBlogger365 - The Guilt Complex by Dorothy Sue Laqua

Two of our sons and I had a conversation about my divorce and remarriage to another man. When my first husband divorced me, I remarried within eight months to a neighbor man. I had four children and he accepted them all. The marriage was good for the first five years, but shortly before his mother died he became violent. It was almost overnight that I became the target of his obsession and the children became targets also. Within eight months after the first strike and pulled gun. I and the children left him and went into hiding for an entire year. Read more...

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