WELL I AM NOT GUILTY ABOUT ANYTHING BUT I AM 100% SURE MY MOTHER IN LAW IS. LET ME SEE WHERE SHOULD I BEGAN. I GUESS FROM THE BEGINNING WOULD BE GREAT. AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER MY CHILDREN WERE TREATED DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER GRANDKIDS AND I HATED THAT BUT MY CHILDREN WERE LITTLE AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND. BUT SINCE MY KIDS ARE MUCH OLDER THEY ARE ABLE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG THAT THEY ENDURED. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THINGS WOULD GET BETTER, BUT THEY ONLY GOT WORSE. LAST CHRISTMAS MY THEN 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TOLD ME ABOUT WHEN I LEFT THEM OVER THERE GRANDMA'S HOUSE ONE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SHE TOLD ME IN FULL DETAIL ABOUT HOW HER GRANDMA BEAT HER WITH A BELT IN HER FACE AND GAVE HER NOT ONE BUT TWO BLACK EYES. SHE CRIED AND I CRIED AND SHE THEN SAID THAT IT FELT GOOD TO FINALLY TELL THE TRUTH. SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THIS FULLY COMING OUT WE WERE MADE AWARE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENNING BUT MY DAUGHTER WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT. SO I ASKED HER WHY DIDN'T SHE TELL ME THIS EARLIER.SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE REASON WHY ME AND HER DAD BROKE UP AND SHE WANTED US TO GET MARRIED. SO OUR LIFE WAS FOREVER CHANGED BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER FINALLY TOLD THE TRUTH CONSIDERING WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 5 YEARS AT THE TIME SHE TOLD US THIS. WELL WE FELT LIKE HIS MOTHER SHOULD KNOW WHY WE WEREN'T BRINGING THE CHILDREN AROUND ANYMORE CAUSE THAT WAS THE PLAN.I PROMISED MY KIDS THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE HURT AGAIN BY THAT FAMILY WHO NEVER LIKED ME ANYWAY.I KNOW THAT MY HUSBAND WANTS HIS CHILDREN AROUND HIS FAMILY BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON. I KNOW THAT GOD VERY WELL HAS SOMETHING IN STORE FOR US AS A FAMILY AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ANY OF THAT SO I ASK GOD TO FIX THIS SITUATION CAUSE IF IT IS LEFT UP TO ME IT WILL STAY THIS WAY. BUT I DO KNOW THAT KNOW MATTER WHAT I HAVE VOWED TO THE KIDS THAT I WILL PROTECT THEM NO MATTER WHAT GOES ON. I FEEL THAT CAUSE HIS FAMILY DIDN'T LIKE ME FROM THE START MY KIDS WERE PENALIZED. MY HUSBAND FAMILY HAS ALLOWED THEIR KIDS TO DO THINGS OR SAY THINGS TO MY KIDS AND LET IT GO . I CAN REMEMBER WHEN MY SON WHO WAS THEN 10 YEARS WAS ABOUT TO BE STABBED BY A COUSIN WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND THE GRANDMOTHER OR COUSIN DID NOTHING. I AM BEYOND STRESSED OUT BECAUSE OF THIS FAMILY WELL I USED TO BE CAUSE I RECENTLY GAVE IT ALL TO GOD AND I TRUST THAT HE WILL FIX THIS . WELL I GUESS I AM GUILTY ABOUT ALL OF THIS CAUSE I FEEL LIKE FOR THE SAKE OF MY KIDS HAVING A GRANDMOTHER, AUNTS, UNCLES, AND COUSINS I SACRIFICED TO MUCH AND I DIDN'T PROTECT MY CHILDREN LIKE I SHOULD OF. SO FOR THIS I FEEL THE GUILT. I HAVE APOLOGIZED TO MY CHILDREN , BUT THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT I DID NOTHING WRONG . BUT ME BEING A REAL WOMAN I KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG AND I AM GLAD THAT MY THEN 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PULLED MY CARD AND NOT ANYONE ELSE. I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME OF THIS OFF OF MY CHEST BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY THE SHORT VERSION.