Sometimes I think back on my life when I didn't have it so bad. I mean, the bills were paid and I had my kids and my husband. He was a bit (okay, a lot) controlling so we didn't have any friends and obviously I had little to no family but that was okay with me, because I had my husband and my babies.

I was going to make a life for them, better than the life I had.

I wanted them to become better than I had ever been. I wanted them to know love. Unconditional love.