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Even though two children are in the same household,

they can have a really different experience

of their childhood.

My brother is literally the only person who will

ever understand what it was like to grow up in my parents house. He is the only

person who remembers, I think he remembers, but he's the only person who remembers, I think he remembers,

but he's the only person that remembers the bird pebbles

that I had briefly before my mom got rid of it.

If you read my book, you know the story. He is also the only person who can recall the exact songs that my mom would play as she cleaned up our house.

We have a unique understanding of each other because of these shared experiences.

But those two children growing up in the same household do not mean that they are friends or that they like each other or that they even have the same

ways of coping with trauma later in life. It is because of those shared experiences that

we aim to love each other better and it is because of these

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