Hi Dr. Laura,
Rarely a day has gone by in the last two years without my listening to you. It's my daily dose of "motherly advice", teaching me the right values and morals and not the unhealthy beliefs I was brought up with. I only wish I would have found you sooner, because then maybe I could have spared my children the pain caused by our divorce when they were teenagers.
I now realize my part in why our marriage failed as well as my part in other broken relationships with family and friends. I was brought up by a feminist who divorced my dad when I was 9 years old. I was left to raise myself, because my mom went to work full time and spent her weekends with boyfriends, and my dad was in a new relationship as well and out of my life. I struggled with anorexia and bulimia which started shortly after the divorce. I tried to be perfect and always wanted to please people, but I never felt "good enough". On top of it all, I felt responsible for my parents' happiness!
Thanks to you, at the tender age of FIFTY, I now know that I AM good enough and I am grateful for that feeling. I am getting stronger because I believe in myself and am getting a voice of my own. You are an amazing, strong, kind and beautiful woman inside and out. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for changing my life for the better.
Best wishes always,
Christine
