I don't think you are jaded at all. In fact, I think you are more informed and much wiser. That's all.
You see things as they should be b/c you had to go through Hell and you took that task as a challenge to yourself to find a way to come out the other side as a better man.
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I missed the ideal of being in a family
This was my feelings exactly. I don't miss being w/X, but I miss having a family.