And in the staying, what I did is perpetuated the insecurities that existed in my childhood that I don't have a voice, that I have to yell to be heard, that I have to speak over someone or I have to be silent to be loved or I'm too much and no one ever listens to me. The reality is I'm at a point in time in my life where I feel a little selfabsorbed
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 3:32
And the fortunate piece with today's dynamic is that we have access to the Internet and easier access to resources to learn and to grow and to evolve. And I'm doing that work. Am I doing it perfectly? Absolutely not. But I am doing the work and with what resources I have and information I come across, I do my best to implement it in my parenting. And then there are times that I don't do it well, and I have to remind myself that that is okay
Kim Ogan
@Mindspansion · 3:47
And many of my experiences, unfortunately, at a young age, he too experienced, despite having two moms and a dad, trying to protect him and parent him the best that we could. There was just things in the world that we couldn't protect him from. And I think having those tools and resources and having people in my life and working for the organization that I work for, it was helpful to be able to look back in retrospect and know that I did everything the best that I could