I finally understand some of what my parents went through when I was a kid. I didn’t really know what was going on then. I think part of it was just because I was a kid and part of it was being shielded from life’s crappiness by my parents. I find myself doing that with my kids, too. They don’t know how bad it really is. They couldn’t understand if they did and they don’t need that weight on their shoulders. It’s ours to bear because were the Growed Ups.