I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”
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To my father, for the time that was lost when we weren’t getting along. We were able to reconcile a few months before he passed away five years ago.
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To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.
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