2025 will be 13yrs since I walked away, and while these moments don’t hit me nearly as often as they used to… I’d be lying if I said they don’t still happen. Grief is a weird emotion. Grief over the death of someone to you who is still physically alive is even weirder. It takes me right back to my childhood. A little girl sooooo desperate for love. For approval. For acceptance. And for a few minutes I’m wrecked. Then I look into the eyes of my beautiful two kids and I see little Tara, except this time a version of myself that isn’t scarred battered and bruised. A little glimpse of what I could have turned out like had I not been put through hell. And that’s my why🤍 cycles of abuse, they ended with me. #cyclebreaker #traumahealing #motherhood #cyclebreakingmom | The Cochran Fam