I Supported My Son For Years Then They Tried To Question My Stability – The Archivist

the same house and were handed such different understandings of what they were worth.

She was told she was worth everything.

I was told I was worth whatever was left.

We were both lied to. Hers was just a more comfortable lie to live inside, until it wasn’t.

I’m not interested in being dead to my parents, whatever that’s supposed to mean in practice. continue reading …