“I didn’t realize people could just do that with their parents, choose not to have a relationship with them.” I turn and grab her face between my hands. “Of course you can, Darby. You’re your own person. You choose who you want to be part of your life. If someone isn’t loving you the way you deserve, if they’re not giving you the respect you deserve, if they’re not putting into the relationship what you are, then you owe them nothing. It doesn’t matter if you share blood.”
