You Should Be Grateful

Emily Morrison
Sep 4, 2018 · 6 min read

“You should be grateful.”

I don’t think I will ever forget those words. They weren’t the words that your grandma would say gently when you were mad that your sister got the slightly bigger half of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Nor was it the slightly more annoyed tone that your parents would take when you were whining about “just five more minutes” for the thing that was supposed to end two hours ago.

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