I Bought My Dream House and Invited My Family but No One Showed Up and Later My Dad Sent a Message

boundaries were treated as provocations. The comments came in waves, from strangers across the country who recognized something in the photograph, who wrote things I had needed to hear from people far closer to me and had not. Good for you. Boundaries are necessary. You earned this. I wish I had the courage. The validation was strange and real and continue reading …