At A Restaurant Dinner, My Family Asked Me To Sign Something I Was Not Expecting

when everything inside me is shaking. I have learned to say “fine” when I mean something else entirely, and to fold my hands in my lap to keep them from betraying me, and to breathe slowly through the nose when a room begins to feel like it’s closing in. These are skills you develop when you love someone who will use your emotion against you.

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