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Do you ever stop to wonder why I look lighter, happier, seem freer? It’s because my shackles were cut loose. I no longer carry the responsibility burden of constantly tending to your needs, allowing your emotions to trump mine; helping to pick you up, dust you off, and give you the pep talk to go back out there and face the big bad world only to turn around myself and face an empty room. Don’t get me wrong, I get the significance of loving, caring, encouraging, supporting, and even being responsible for another human being, but I gave birth to those two; they’re mine and it’s unconditional. Unfortunately my feelings for you were not.