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As Catherine Lacey once said “If you’re raised with an angry man in your house, there will always be an angry man in your house.” Which I always thought was true. But when you’re raised with an angry father and an even angrier mother, what does that make you? I may not have been dealt the best cards. Growing up in verbal warfare took a toll. Everything you told me I wasn’t, I worked to be tenfold. My story may have started with you, but you won’t have a chance to see how it ends. Thank you for showing to me that relationships should never take a piece of my heart with it to mend. So I left the angry man back at that house, to ensure it was the last time. The last time of letting the angry man inside. I may have been raised by you, but this is where the cycle ends. Swearing to never sell myself short of true, wholehearted love again. The angry man will never be back in this house, I know that for a fact. The best thing I ever did was pack my bags and never look back. Leave before the cold settles in and the blizzards make you stumble off your path. Sometimes cutting ties is the only way to keep your soul intact. Water can be thicker than blood. Family can be the people you choose. Care for the tender parts of you and it will take care of you too. Angry men may have raised you, but you’re a clear example to see. You can become the people who hurt you or you can break the cycle and be everything they said you’d never be.
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