That's so powerful that you say that. There is a HUGE swing in popular circles right now about deadbeat Dads but often people think that being a mother automatically makes you an angel, and it's not true. You are the fourth person I now know that has suffered at the hands of their mother specifically. My heart goes out to you - people forget that it takes two parents to have a child.

I will never, ever, ever treat my Son the way my Dad treated me - I expect you passionately feel the same :)