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When your child needs what hurts you to give

My ex-wife and I share custody of our daughter and I see how much happier our child is when we are all together, but being around my ex brings up all my old pain.

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Parental love sometimes requires us to endure our own triggered wounds for the sake of another's wholeness.

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