Episode 74: Self Discovery - you reminded me of

The word divorce doesn’t bring anyone warm fuzzies. I’ve been divorced almost ten years now. It took quite a few years for me to realize that I disliked my daughter because she reminded me of her dad. I can’t believe I fell into that crack. What would possess me to treat her like crap?

A look inside myself wasn’t easy. I don’t like or trust my ex husband for reasons I won’t list here. This is not my daughter’s fault. I am taking my shit out on my daughter and that’s not fair. Realizing what I was doing was the first step. The next step was to apologize to my daughter for my actions. This was not difficult to do. My daughter was very gracious that I apologized since she didn’t feel that she did any wrong. By the way, she is nothing like her dad. Old events and memories took over my psyche.

What’s my moral here? I owned up to and took responsibility for my behavior.