I cannot believe the life I'm living!

When I was 10 I wanted to die. I didn't try to kill myself, because I know it would kill my big brother if anything happened to me.

22 years later I've been through a lot, but I have the best husband, I've given birth to two amazing girls and I have the best in law family I could dream of, making me feel more complete than my own family was ever able to.

My mom was mentally ill, untreated and had a substance abuse. She was alone with me and life was painful. But my step-dad saved me. Kept me safe, gave me unlimited trust and helped me.

My best friend ended up being my boyfriend and later my husband. We have created a home together and welcomed two girls to make our family complete. I'm an aunt and it fills me with so much joy I can hardly find words to describe it.

And today we started a new Christmas tradition.

And I almost wanna pinch myself because I cannot believe this is my life now! A happy, comfortable, safe home filled with love.

I have indeed broken my social heritage.

And it's not without issues, because we're human and life is difficult at times. But my God I am so happy that I survived being a kid in a shitty, unsafe home.