I’ve cut the majority of my family out of my kids life for this reason. My daughter asked me on her Birthday a few years ago why Grandma didn’t call her or send a card.

That was the last straw for me. 💯

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I had asked my mother to be more involved with our kids to no avail. I wasn’t going to let the same trauma my mother had blanketed me with be passed to them.

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...and at the end of the day it was best for my mental health as well. I can’t get rid of the feelings I harbor about the past, but I could choose to stop letting them hurt me anymore.

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My kids now have a family and support system that would do anything to protect them, and that was a conscious decision made by Jen and I.

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Kids aren’t born racist and they aren’t traumatized until they are. Protect them better than your parents protected you.

Much ❤️ and keep fighting!
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