I hope you dont mind if I add a little background.
My sister had a violent marriage, her ex thought it clever to give her a good beating, and he ground her down until she believed herself worthless. After her third child was born premature at 28 weeks and in special care in hospital, she took one last beating, and she left the home taking her other two children who were 4 and 6 and went to a womens refuge. The baby pulled through fine (and is now a strapping 22 year old) and my sister stayed at the refuge for 10 months while she got the ex kicked out of the house.
She spent the next 22 years (app) bringing her kids up with little money. She had to work three jobs and slogged day and night to see my nephew through College then Uni - and he was the only lad on his course who didnt have his own car and who had a job. I did help my sister out when I could, and when my nephew graduated I was honoured to be invited to see him receive his degree. I cannot tell you how much that meant, and how emotional the whole day was, we were in tears for most of it because it closed a chapter for my sister who had been doubted by so many people. She felt she had succeeded where she was destined to fail.
He is now successful and he knows what she went through to get him where he is and he is so very thankful to her. Her other two kids are also super and grew up to be respectful adults with good jobs. She lived in a rough area where violence and drugs are all around, and things could have been so very different for them all. You see so much badness in the world and a lot of it is down to circumstances, and I know I feared for her and her kids many times over those years. Even in the hardest of times, she never gave up.
My nephews and niece are a credit to my sis, to have gone through what she did, and have kids who respect their mum, are loyal and loving to her and are making a success of their lives I think, is a shining example of triumph over adversity.
I hope you dont mind me sharing that with you. I have been thinking about it a lot lately and about how proud I am of her. In fact I am going to send a copy of this post to her in a card tomorrow because I dont think she knows just how much I love and admire her.
xx
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