My Father Emptied My Trust Fund Until One Quiet Word Revealed My Mother Had Protected Me

why did you spend twenty years making sure I never felt it?

He looked toward the trees. The answer, when it came, was the last thing I had expected to hear. Because every time I looked at you, he stopped, swallowed, started again. You reminded me of your mother. And she reminded me of everything I should have been.

I sat with that for a long time afterward.continue reading …