Pain comes full circle. Through the generations again and again. I see my reflection when I look to the elder and the younger. We have been here before and we will be here again.

But healing also comes full circle.

I won't say that the healing makes the pain worth it, but it makes it bearable. To know that our inheritance is more than suffering. 

To rejoice that the curse can be broken is different than giving thanks for the curse itself. It means our portion is larger than any single day or year. It means that we cannot be reduced to just our tears. Even on the days when we feel like we are made of nothing but tears and shattered glass. We may have inherited our family's curses, but we will also inherit or invent healing.