The rub is, of course, that you can read all you want, but nothing fully prepares you. You don't know what it's really like to parent, until that baby is there 24/7, and you're bleary with sleep deprivation and heart-exploding love. You don't know what it's like to have a parent die or to have the roles suddenly reversed so that you are taking care of the other parent as surely as he or she took care of you.
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