At My Father’s Ceremony They Said I Could Not Do Anything Right Until I Walked In And Smiled

could not tolerate you. And I think I always knew the only thing that makes someone unable to tolerate a person is that the person has something they need and cannot admit to needing.”

“What did she need?”

He thought for a moment. “To be the most accomplished woman in any room she occupied.” He looked at me with something approaching wry recognition.continue reading …