It’s Okay to Say No
Learning to say no to my mother saved our relationship. You have to understand, my mother is a...
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Category: Parental/Familial Boundaries
Kneeling for My Parents
As we knelt and as the orchestral recording blasted on, I thought of my parents; I thought of how they had spontaneously dropped off a beautiful bouquet of flowers before this game, before they knew what we were planning to do,
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I Am Your Legacy
I’ve made peace with the tenuous understanding that we have. I’m scared of imagining a relationship with my family that’s not fraught with shame and misunderstandings.
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