Page B16 — - Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 9, 1990. Dear Ain ‘Landers: With all the bleating. and’braying about abortion, noone has addressed the issue.of the unwanted child... “> - The beatings 1 received from my mother for as far back as J can remember were brutal. Every day I was told that I was stupld and ugly and that . no one would ever love me. My mother. asked me dozens of times, ‘'Why.can't you be like your-sister? I'll never get you off.my hands.” I started.to run away from’ that hellish house when J was 5, I got ulcers at age 12 and attempted suicide when I was’ 13. As 1 stood with the razor at my. wrist, trying to decide between the sink and the tub (which would make less mess) I decided to force myself to face life and I have done it. Now comes the kicker, Ann. Mom had no financial pro- biems and I was perfectly legitimate, It was my mother who was the unwanted child. She was born when her mother was 43’and had grown children.-Grandma ate gun- powder trying to abort, but it didn’t work. My mother was put in boarding school from the time she was 6 years old. I realize now that everything my mother did to mé was done to her. All: the.rage and rejection that she felt-made her want ta get even, and I was the target. _T’ve done quite well with my’ children, thanks to therapy and a wonderfully supportive husband, People who are brought up in loving, normal families have no idea what it is like never to know love and acceptance, _ The-reason I'm writing is to Ann Landers by Ann Landers: of let people know that no matter * how lousy their early lives may — “-. haveibeen, they can rise.above ~ it. When you tell your readers 1o get counselling, it is not a _ cop-out, it’s darned good ad- vice. I learned from my counsellor why my, mother treated me the way she did and I stopped hating her. I also came to understand that the hideous chain can be broken and i was determined to break ~ it. — Raleigh, N.C. . ‘Dear Raleigh: Thanks for a letter that will open a lot of eyes, I hope every mother who is physically rough on her children will ask herself, ‘‘Am I getting even for the way my mother treated me?’® This could be the first step in recovery... Child abusers are sick. They need help. [ hope those of you. who see yourself in this letter will get counselling. Ts alcohol ruining your life or the life of a loved one? Alcoholism: How to Recognize It, How to Deal With i, How to Conquer It’? “can turn things around. Send @ self-addressed, long business- size envelope and a check or money order for $3.65 (this in- cludes postage and handling) to: Alcohol, c/a Ann Landers, P.O, Box 11562, Chicago, Ill. 60611-0562, (In Canada send $4.45.) ‘Two Part Country’ | Recording artists Kevin and Marg Harcourt of Saskatoon, Sask., will be performing at Skeena Mall, Terrace . 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