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"Melanie now, Melanie forever, Chambers now, but not forever."

My dad had these cute sayings when I was growing up. He also said that if I ate too much sugar, I'd grow hair on my chest. Either way, I believed him. Noted: Avoid sugar; get married.

Growing up in the '80s, we lived in what Mom called her forever house. The gables on the windows were reminiscent of with the Atlantic Ocean just a skip down our backyard.

Mom was also a career woman. After work, she'd pull pork chops out of the freezer while sliding out of her business suit and into her leg warmers.

Back then, I idealized my parents' marriage.

But when I was twelve, they divorced and my world changed. Mom and I moved into a soulless apartment in Dartmouth, N.S. Dad moved three hours away. Our visits becam

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