Growing up, I often times felt “in the middle”; between care givers, whom I loved, who were engaging in an unspoken competition of their value to me and my siblings. While it was never explicitly expressed, overtime I developed a sense of not wanting to “over love” one care giver to protect the ego and feelings of another. Frankly, I am fully aware and understand that it was not intentional but a result of their own experiences. They all did the best they could with what the