My Mother, My Self

  Malgré lui: ‘In spite of himself’ Humans are strange. The things we swore we would never do, we do. The people we said we would never become, we become. You know, like growing up with abusive parents and then abusing your own kids. I’ve been able to avoid doing to my daughter the things …

Letting Go of My Girl

  She’s in college, but so what? She’ll always be my baby. I never meant to be this way. I raised her to be independent.  When she was able to walk, I gave her her own snack cabinet and the lowest shelf in the fridge. We negotiated her curfew on a case-by-case basis. I gave her …