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

more often. Said no to things that didn’t serve me. Stopped apologizing for taking up space.

Daniel noticed. “You seem happier, Mom,” he said one evening while we were making dinner together.

“I think I am,” I said, surprised to realize it was true.

“Because of what happened at Uncle Marcus’s party?”

“Because I stood up for myself,” I corrected. “And continue reading …