" I want the support of a cohesive and happy family"
Greenfrog2, I relate to how you're feeling. I have struggled for years with my desire to heal my whole family so that we can actually be a real family that loves each other. In the past year I have slowly been letting go of this need and desire, and it's been hard at times, and empowering at others. It's like I've had to really change the way I'm looking at it all, and that's hard to do sometimes. The heart wants what it wants. I find comfort by reminding myself that even though I've been through so much crap, I still have a heart that knows how to love. When I read your post, It seems to me that your heart is trying to love, it's the subject of your hearts love that is problematic...