A Journey to Parenthood

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My desire to have a family has ebbed and flowed throughout my life.Being homeschooled, I never really saw other parents interacting with their children and just assumed the dynamic in my household was normal. I was convinced that all parents completely fucked up their children and that there was no such thing as a good parent. Terrified at the prospect of becoming my mother, I vowed to end the generational trauma by simply ending the generation…