2021: The Year in Review Mirror

And it better stay there. (Yes, I know I’m a bit early.)

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Once upon a time, my brother and I discussed the difficulties of our upbringing by a viciously controlling, alcoholic, and possibly narcissistic mother. He left home as soon as financially possible; I stayed because of school and, after graduation, the financial challenges of my first marriage, then later my second…