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Feb 2021
I will no longer
give you permission
to invalidate
the abuse
(you've brought unto me)
I have experienced.

"You did this to yourself"

I have found my voice that says
no.
Just because you are family doesn't mean you cannot be toxic.
I wish you were not,
because you are family after all
& I love you after all.

I have gone through enough to be able to tell the difference between
self-inflicted & externally-inflicted pain.
DElizabeth
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