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Essay / My Childhood Growing Up in Kansas: A Short Story
I don't remember much about the time they were together, but some would say it was good. Regardless, I still felt the repercussions of their divorce, as did my brother. No matter that I was only five years old at the time, in the years to come their divorce would play a significant role in my life. I remember asking my mother, “Will you and Dad ever get back together?” “No darling, you and your brother are the only good that came out of our marriage,” she replied. These words broke my heart and stayed with me for the rest of my life. As for my father, he moved on quite quickly after the divorce. I didn't understand it at the time, but looking back on it now, I realize that he was probably just lonely and really wanted to have a family, and this divorce had broken him. So when he met my future mother-in-law, his hope of having a normal family