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My parents separated when I was barely one year old. In other words, I don’t even remember when they were together.

I’ve seen pictures here and there of us on the patio, or at the house with me standing next to them in my high chair. I nonetheless have no inkling of remembrance of seeing my parents in a relationship.

Once their separation was official, I would live with my mother and go visit my father during vacation time in Paris. Everything I did on a regular basis such as going to school, attending sports competitions, going out with my friends, and going on a field trip was during my childhood, for most of it, spent at my mother’s.

I wouldn’t argue it was a bad time, either. I was fairly happy with the friends I had and I loved going to school every day, which proved to be a relief to evade the constant arguments I had with her. I had never been a troublemaker at school, nor had I tried not to succeed in class.

My friends and I were very competitive and we challenged ourselves to know who would get the best grade on the last math exam…