It was good for my mom to teach us this rhythm of being kind and making up in the midst of silly girlhood selfishness. But it engrained something deep inside of me that didn’t mature past childhood. So my belief system around relationship complications and forgiveness contained expectations that didn’t keep playing out quite so easily as I got older. I thought this is the way it should always work: •Someone is clearly wrong. •Someone is clearly right. •A person in authority declares that what was done must be addressed. •The one in the wrong is scolded. •The one in the wrong says they are
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