Just an addendum... a FEW tears now.. my life

[Guest guest]

I really have to give myself a big hug because in light of all the things I have

been through, I turned out to be a pretty good person. I grew up to love and

have compassion. I made some mistakes, but I did finish High School... ( I was

the only one of my siblings who did)... I went to nursing school at age 26 even

though my MOM always told me " you will never be anything " . ADDING TO THE

SURPRISE I graduated nursing school with honors and a 3.8 GPA. I never got

hooked on street drugs or became an alcoholic, had my children in my 30's and

love them everyday. I would never dream of making them go to a bar to watch me

get drunk or make them sit in the car and be molested while I was in the bar

getting drunk.

I will tell them everyday how special they are and how they " can do ANYTHING

they want to as long as they want it bad enough " .... I tell them how smart they

are and build them up... (not what mom did to me).

And I never ever met my biological father because my mom did not want me to.

I grew up without a father and never knowing what a daughter/father relationship

could mean or be.

Ok, enough of this. Now I am getting tears in my eyes.

You all mean so much to me,

Thanks for listening,

love and hugs,

from a compassionate person,

Debra Van Ness

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