The Untimely Death of A Relationship
What happens when a mother chooses silence?
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11 min readApr 7, 2022
On the eve of my mother’s 62nd birthday, just 22 days after my 37th birthday, three days after my partner’s 36th birthday, and 132 days after my daughter’s 7th birthday celebration at Walt Disney World, I sat in reflection. We all — my mother, her partner, my twin sister and her two year old with my small family unit — gathered…
