In the heart of Minnesota, in the city of St. Paul, my parentsā story began. Mom, one of seven children, grew up in a bustling, lively home. Dad, a quiet, hardworking young man from the northern woods, moved to St. Paul for a better life. At just 18, he started a job at the Ford plant that would come to define his work ethic and stability. At 20, a week shy of his birthday, he married my mom. She was just 18, and they were determined to prove that teenage marriages could succeed. Four years later, I arrivedāa quiet, shy, and introverted child, eager to please. Three years after that came my sister, Rachel, a whirlwind of chaos and contrast. Where I was reserved and studious, Rachel was loud, defiant, and impulsiveāa troublemaker who seemed to thrive on pushing boundaries. From the beginning, our relationship was strained, shaped by our differences and, eventually, by her destructive choices. When I was 17, Rachelās actions detonated a bomb in our family. In an attempt to impress her bo...
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