The Complicated Business of Discovering Your Parents Are Human

Julie McClung Peck
Nov 6 · 5 min read

Yesterday was my mother’s 79th birthday. Though she’s currently spending some time with my aunt and uncle, she’s lived with me for three years now, since a stroke meant she could no longer live on her own.

I frequently tell people she’s my hero, and I mean that: Before she retired — which she really only did because she had a subarachnoid aneurysm that very…

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Julie McClung Peck

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Mom, daughter, writer for Bustle, Elite Daily, Romper, & Grok Nation…& for you, right here. Coming to you live from the American South. Opinions my own.

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