My Mom Died, and All I Inherited Was a Thanksgiving Turkey

Thanks, Mom.

Photo by Gabriel Garcia Marengo on Unsplash

In January of this year, my mother died unexpectedly.

She and I didn’t get along. I believe this was because I was the oldest, and my birth ruined her hopeful future. And also because I was a girl. I took on most of the abuse she dished out when I was a child, sparing my brother. The animosity — on both our parts —…