cnu-At her father’s funeral, Briana’s brother announced he was selling the family home to cover his $340,000 mistake, and her mother told forty relatives Briana could “find…

and afterward handed me a card with a hundred dollars inside.
It said, Good work.
Not I’m proud of you.
Not I love you.
Good work.
At the time, I hated him for that.
Now I keep that card in a drawer with things I pretend I am not sentimental about.
After graduation, I stopped speaking to my family for almost two years. I told myself it was self-respect. continue reading …