May 28, 2021
3 min read
Not the Mother Who Raised Me
An adult child becomes the parent
This is not the mother who raised me.
That woman was a quick-to-anger natural redhead with mood swings that would have made the Flying Wallendas a bit dizzy.
Still, she was bright, well-read, and conscientious to a fault: the house I grew up in was spotlessly clean, highly efficient, and full of books…
