[Serious] What's the sacrifice your parents made for you?

My blood mother had three children before me; the first died a few months after birth, years later my sister was born, and about five years on my mother had my brother. He was loved and cherished and all the shit that had happened to my mother didn't matter. Then my brother died a year or two after his birth, on Christmas eve of cot death. This is when my sister began to be difficult. Then I was born. My sister has since told me that I was supposed to fix my mother's grief. It didn't work, she became an alcoholic but I meant the world to her. This is when my sister could no longer take it and went to live with my blood Aunt across the country. I have memories as young as two. I remember sitting at home with my Mum while she slept on the sofa, I remember looking after her more than she did me. I remember the day when the phone kept ringing and my Mum would pick it up and yell at the person on the other end to 'leave us alone'. The phone kept ringing and she stopped picking up. I was 3 years old. Eventually I was taken into social care under a police protection order as my mother refused to give me up. She fought against it for a year or so after, which I only found out about six years ago. Eventually she agreed to my adoption, that it was best for me. My sister told me "She gave up her golden child and it destroyed her. You were all she had and meant everything even if it didn't seem it. She was ill but she loved you more than anything." My sister has kept all the letters my mother sent to social services and lawyers and the replies. I tried to start reading them but every single one from social had spelt my name incorrectly and she had crossed it out on every single one and hand written it correctly. The more time passed the pen was pressed harder into the paper. Then underlined. Then in capitals. I hated that woman for years before I was finally told the whole story.

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