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Family can be both a blessing and a curse from "summary" of The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
Family can be both a blessing and a curse. They can be the ones who lift you up when you're down, who cheer you on when you're chasing your dreams, who have your back no matter what. But they can also be the ones who bring you down, who hold you back, who hurt you in ways that no one else can. It's a complicated dance, this thing called family. Growing up, I thought my family was the best. They were my everything, my whole world. But as I got older, I started to see the cracks in the facade. The secrets, the lies, the dysfunction that lurked beneath the surface. It was like peeling back the layers of an onion, each one revealing a new kind of pain. My mother, the woman who brought me into this world, who was supposed to love and protect me above all else, was the source of so much of that pain. She was a ...
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