According to our reporter, a 54-year-old mother has opened up about the painful reality of cutting her parents out of her life after years of physical and emotional abuse. Watch full report
Though her parents are still alive, she lives with what she calls “living grief,” triggered by moments she wishes she could share with them her children’s achievements, family struggles, and simple everyday joys.
She recounts a childhood marked by violence, cruelty, and emotional neglect, and later, betrayal when her mother returned to her abusive father after promising to leave. Despite attempts at reconciliation, the trauma only deepened.
Today, even with her own loving family, she admits the ache of not having parents never truly fades, saying estrangement brings peace but also lifelong guilt and unanswered longing.