I grew up thinking that all mothers beat their children into submission. It was only after the negative fall-out from the book “Mommie Dearest” did I realize that beating your child is not the norm and that my mother was pure evil. As I got older and became numb to her physical and emotional abuse, she punished me by beating my dog until he yelped in pain. Sick, sick, sick.
I am so sorry you lived through that abuse. Coming from a mother, that level of abuse is impossible to understand.
You are in my prayers tonight.