At My Divorce Hearing I Had Nothing Until The Doors Opened

it. “You came from nothing. You’re going back to nothing. When the baby comes, you won’t be able to afford a crib. You should have just signed the papers when I asked nicely.”

I did not answer him. I had learned in the foster system how to put a wall of glass between myself and pain, how to receive it without letting it reach the part of you that needed continue reading …