“The CEO Went Undercover at His Own Dealership — One Sentence Made Him Stop Cold” – The Archivist

the holiday I’d created, as absent from the story as if I’d never existed at all. I was the stage crew, not the cast. The support staff, not the family. The means to an end, not a person worthy of acknowledgment.

I didn’t say anything then, of course. I just smiled as they hugged me goodbye, accepted their vague promises to help more next year, and continue reading …