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War. It's almost an essential part of who we are as people. There is always a war to win. Whether it be a mental war, an everyday struggle, or the brutal kind of war that leaves us all grieving for the ones we've lost and the innocence the battlefield has claimed. These are the words of the Red Queen. The words of a mother I never really understood. As I sit here watching my own children's playful banter, I can't help but question if I should have done more for her. If she would have wanted me to. I never bothered to ask.
I want to ask her if she maybe wanted more time with me or my siblings. She had been so excited when my brother was born and I watched her hold him tenderly and whisper sweet nothings into his ear in her final days. A part of me was convinced that thi
