Oh hey, what month were you born? I'm October '71.

This story is affirmation that we're only human - we can't really blame our parents for being faulty, only forgive and find a way to overcome any trauma they've unintentionally passed on to us. You gotta marvel at what some people carry yet are never given the resources to overcome, especially when therapy wasn't common and men had to swallow their emotions and carry on and provide.

How lovely they were together all of that time - you weather the storm or you don't, I suppose, but if you do, that love just deepens. They were lucky in that way.