Dismissed For Lacking A Degree, I Let My Life Speak For Itself – The Archivist

and unlimited determination. He’d also grown up knowing that his father wasn’t part of our daily lives, that our family looked different from some of his friends’ families, and that different wasn’t wrong.

When I told him about his uncle’s party, his first question was practical: “Do I have to wear the itchy shirt?”

“Yes,” I said, smiling. “The itchy continue reading …