family

“cruel mothers are still mothers. they make us wars. they make us revolution. they teach us the truth. early. mothers are humans. who sometimes give birth to their pain. instead …
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What happens when a friendship turns a corner and you realize that you have come to the end of the road? Folks (including me) say, “End the relationship amicably. You …
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What I fear most is that my relationship with my daughter will turn into the relationship I have with my mother. There’s a sense of detachment between my mother and …
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I’m sick of this E. You gotta do better with yourself.   She sat across from me on the floor in my bedroom and said those words with a pained …
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Can I keep it real with you all? I’ve just finished a standard size bottle of wine in record-breaking time, beating my personal best of forty-five minutes in thirty-six minutes. …
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The first person I told that my stepfather molested me didn’t hear me. Her eyes were glazed over, head leaning forward, attention span engulfed in late night TV. I called …
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It was my fourth time running to the bathroom to regurgitate everything I ate earlier that day. As I laid in my bathroom and prayed to the porcelain god I …
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Caribbean, Summer 1999. Dear Journal,

There her hand lay, directly cupped under mine. Limp and brittle designed with intricate detail formed by veins and her skin’s lack of elasticity. …
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