Life is a sobering lesson.

[VaughanJB]

I think many people have a story like ours. We live, we deal with it and we move on to better things.

Oh, I think things have changed. There's more awareness not only of abuse, but of the long term effects it has. I don't know when I first heard the term PTSD, but it was relatively recent compared to my childhood. At least now such abuse is acknowledged, whereas in my generation, you were expected to shut up and get on with it. At least it's talked about today.

Of course, too late for us. But we can do the work to make sure we don't impose such horrors on others!