So growing up with three sisters, I have always been told to protect my family. Because I've grown up in a family which is very independent, I have never felt the necessity to step up as a man other than after the divorce. My parents breaking up unconsciously triggered myself to look into my ethics of right and wrong and speak for them continuously. I fought my mother, begging her to follow through with my sisters and me. I was able to give Ashley a sense of right and wrong. After her, I have been able to mentor many youth in the same way. I do not protect them; I guide them suggesting tools for success. They grow independently .

With Melissa however, I feel like I should protect her. I really feel she is an easily shatterable piece of glass. I can't explain it without sounding like a romance novel, but I feel she is a flower NEEDING to know that she has an endless water supply. I don't know. I don't even know how to give her that water.

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