... my father. And the house was a lot quieter. I"m sure my mother had been thinking about divorcing my father for sometime. But, why hadn't she done it when all hell broke loose? Or when all the fighting had started? That question still burns in my brain. I know things would have been worse if they had stayed together. My mother and my father ... and a dog that would never run away. Parents dream of kids who listen and do well in school; now days that would be any parents nightmare. If you were ever running late for work, how would you get around that white picket fence without spilling yo...

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