Dr. Jody Carrington

And my mom and dad were like, you know, in this small farming community, they were very involved in the community, very connected.

We, I thought, had everything together.

My mom and dad end up getting divorced and it was like a shocker.

Like I didn't see coming because I never felt like there was any disruptions that I can recall.

And now I really think about an underlying sadness that was there quite a bit.

My dad was very disconnected from us.

And it's I mean, they go on to get new partners.

Curtis and I become, you know, successful and married and, you know, all these things.

And then at one point, I think I was 35.

I was pregnant with our first baby.

And my mom said, you know, I'd love you to come home to the farm for the weekend.

You're you know, my Aaron, my husband was away.

And she's like, why don't you come home to the farm for the weekend?

I was like, that's amazing.

Of course I will.

So I come home and my mom and dad at that point have been divorced for 20 years.

And so I'm sitting at the kitchen table where I grew up and in the door walks my dad and my brother, which is not uncommon.

My mom and dad are still, you know, we're still reasonably good friends, but they just sort of walked in.

And then we all ended up sitting at the kitchen table where, you know, we had sat at our respective seats when we were kids.

And I was like, what the heck is going on here?