by all of us. He had a whole family of people who loved him, really loved him—me, your dad, your sisters, their husbands, the grandparents and aunts and uncles. He had all of us. All of us.” “I know, Mom,” I said quietly. I did know.
This is the ripple effect people don't know about, people don't think about, just how many people you have hurt by your actions. It hurts me to know I brought him into all of our lives not only to hurt me but to hurt them. My Dad was so distraught, "He lied to me!" He was thinking of his own broken heart. He lied to me too, Dad, he lied to the kids, my family, his family, all our friends, he lied to all of us. He broke all our hearts. This still guts me to this day.
