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“You really do own your illiteracy, don’t you?” “Yeah, I’m thinking about moving to America and running for public office.”
“Men, they’ll hurt you without ever really knowing you,” she often told me. “But women… women will know you deeply, intimately, and then hurt you. You tell me which is worse.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I’ve become a bitter person and I’m resigned to that fact. I can’t change my circumstances, so why try to change who I’ve become as a result of them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“She took care of me and my brothers, I’m sure that was really hard for her.’
‘That was her job.’
I feel interrogated, like I can’t say the right thing. I speed up, trying to explain myself.
‘Well, but I mean this was different from most parents.’ Shit. I hated how that came out.
‘How so?’
I pause to compose myself. Laura won’t rattle me. I speak in an even, measured tone.
‘She sacrificed everything for me. She constantly went without so she could take care of me. She put me first, ahead of herself.’
‘Hmm. And do you think that’s healthy?’
What kind of fresh hell is this? What is this impossible-to-ace quiz? I have no idea how I’m supposed to be answering to make Mom look good.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
‘That was her job.’
I feel interrogated, like I can’t say the right thing. I speed up, trying to explain myself.
‘Well, but I mean this was different from most parents.’ Shit. I hated how that came out.
‘How so?’
I pause to compose myself. Laura won’t rattle me. I speak in an even, measured tone.
‘She sacrificed everything for me. She constantly went without so she could take care of me. She put me first, ahead of herself.’
‘Hmm. And do you think that’s healthy?’
What kind of fresh hell is this? What is this impossible-to-ace quiz? I have no idea how I’m supposed to be answering to make Mom look good.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“One of the more excruciating emotional disconnects for me is when someone says something they think is poignant and I receive it as complete bullshit.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“And if my entire life and point of view and identity have been built on a false foundation, confronting that false foundation would mean destroying it and rebuilding a new foundation from the ground up.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
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