It takes a very long time to sever a marriage in which children are involved. There is a table, two chairs, and a small pile of bargaining chips. This is how it begins, but it ends with one chair in an empty room. The days darken. The children are slices open and split down the middle. Someone takes an arm; someone takes a foot. The car pulling into the driveway on a Friday afternoon becomes a hearse, and everything is couched in lies. The house of old assumes a silence. Kate Mulgrew
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Marriage is a commitment to be together for the rest of your lives. Love should not only unite two people, but also unite two friends or two family members. Marriage is an example of trust, trust not only in the future, but trust for the other person to be there for you through thick and thin. It takes a very long time to sever a marriage in which children are involved.

There is a table, two chairs, and a small pile of bargaining chips. This is how it begins, but it ends with one chair in an empty room. The days darken.

The children are slices open and split down the middle. Someone takes an arm; someone takes a foot. The car pulling into the driveway on a Friday afternoon becomes a hearse, and everything is couched in lies

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