1 days before my wedding, dad called: “i’m not wal…

your sister needs support right now. Valerie, stop keeping score.” I hung up the phone, placed my diploma in a desk drawer, and went to work a closing shift at a local bookstore.

That is the architecture of my family. Alyssa pulls a lever and my parents rush to grease the gears. And right now, the gears in Alyssa’s life are grinding to a brutal halt.continue reading …