It ran in my family until

"Family is really important to me, but strangely enough family is not necessarily your blood. I mean we are raised to think that, but sometimes our family lets us down and we end up creating a new family for ourselves and family is really people that you know you can rely on, people who won't judge you, people who have your back, people you can trust, people who are loyal. That's family." Madonna, The Jonathan Ross Show

Sometimes the family narrative of “They walked away from the whole family!” translates directly to ”They went no-contact with one or two people in the family due to ab*se and then the rest of us cut them off to prop up the abuser(s)/status quo/family image.” This is how it went down in my family of origin, and I know I’m not alone… Within days of going no-contact with my mom and dad, my brother, my sister, and my grandma whom I loved dearly all informed me they wouldn’t communicate with…

True! 🤗