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.

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You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Advertisement 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?" This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in . It took some time for my sisters and me to connect with my mom's fiancé My 54-year-old mother and her 49-year-old fiancé, Bryan, had been dating for nearly six years when they announced they were getting married last Thanksgiving.

My mom made the announcement as my sisters and I were preparing our holiday meal . She was grinning ear-to-ear, visibly elate.