Entries tagged with "family relationships"

Why I No Longer Go Home For The Holidays

Having a sense of family is difficult when your mother is the one breaking it down. It used to confuse and frustrate me that my brother and I grew up in the same household but saw two very different people when we looked at our mom.

Directions Welcome

I tell everyone before I leave that I am excited for this trip. “It’ll be good to see family,” I repeat. But there’s nothing I can do to help him. There’s nothing I can do to make it better. Or make it less bad. Or change anything. The space behind my sternum feels thick and weighty when I think about this.