She was the daughter of emotionally-distant parents, a couple always at war with each other and their children. She grew up believing that there was something wrong with her, that she was ungracious, selfish, and coal. The label stuck into her teens and as a young adult. Friendships and relationships were disastrous because she believed she deserved what she got — that she was the damaged one — and that anyone who got close to her deserved what they got.

Then she met the man she would marry, and they had a baby. Watch today’s video and hear the words that changed the mom’s life forever.