I just wanted to share an interesting and somewhat odd detail with you. I de-emphasized it because I didn't want to delegitimize the importance of the entire story, but the speaker in the last piece believes not that her sister chose to "break out of" (as in 'escape') the generational cycle of abuse, but rather to sacrifice herself and "break it" (the cycle) for the sake of helping the rest of the family. It's part of something called "family constellations" and energy healing, but I skipped some parts not wanting  to cast the lady as a crazy person of sorts. I think I'll leave that penultimate sentence with the original "break our family's cycle..." Hopefully, it will be clear enough what she meant.  

Thanks.