My Parents Gave Me Away to Save Their Marriage and Years Later My Mother Came Back for the Money She Thought Was Hers

car, spent hours on vocal exercises that made the apartment sound like someone was being slowly, melodically strangled.

Their art required silence. Their art required space. Their art required a home environment free of the kind of low-grade chaos that comes with having a child who exists, which I continued doing regardless of how inconvenient it was.continue reading …