We take the most difficult relationship of our childhood... and we MARRY it.

Rick Cormier
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As children, we all have certain relationships that are more difficult than others. At times, one parent will seem to make the other parent seem like a hero. We all know how easy it can be to get caught up in the idealization of one parent over the other. But, who knows what love looks like? And, at what point does it stop being true love and become something else?

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