I had a hard time accepting my mother's fiancé. When she asked me and my sisters to walk her down the aisle, it helped me let go.

• I was a parentified child and my mom leaned on me a lot when I was young.
• My parents had a difficult divorce, and my sisters and I got a rocky start with my mom's new fiancé.
• When she asked us to walk her down the aisle, it helped give me a new perspective.

Just a week out from her wedding, my mom sent the following text to our family group text: "Oh yeah, I wanted to ask y'all something very important." After a minute-long pause, she wrote, "Would you four girls want to walk me down the aisle and give me away to Bryan?"