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What You Don't Know About Me

"Letting go doesn't mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be. "  You two are family. Maybe you grew up with them and were by their side for a huge chunk of their life. There was a lot of laughing, crying, and sharing. Some fighting too.  You know how their brain works probably better than anyone else. But sometimes, in adulthood, those closest to you can become unrecognizable -- estranged, cold, and careless. For no apparent reason, you find yourself shut out of their life. Your peace-feelers are increasingly rejected. You've been left out in the cold.  There is always a reason why people turn out the way they do. But, sometimes the metamorphosis is so gradual that it sneaks up on you, and one day, you wake up and wonder, "How did it come to this?"  You want them back. So you start to question and blame yourself. Was it the time I chose to go to the party instead of being home with my mother? Was it when I to...