family dysfunction

How Lies and Loss Shaped My Childhood

July 3, 2025

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Beth Reid

After the night my dad refused to let me go with my mom, everything changed. I started asking questions. What really happened when I was little? Why did she leave? Why didn’t she come back? Why wouldn’t he let me go with her that night? He never answered my questions until now. And then he
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Letters to Mom: A Child’s Cry for Connection in the Midst of Chaos

July 1, 2025

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Beth Reid

I was 12 years old, desperate, and living in survival mode. I was living in a trailer on my grandparent’s property with my father, who was addicted to meth and other drugs. He was paranoid, abusive, and couldn’t hold a job. It was one of the scariest times of my life. I longed for connection—especially
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