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On Mother’s Day, my mother looked me straight in the eye and said, “I wish you’d never been my daughter.” The table went silent. My brother Kyle stared at his plate. His wife, Madison, suddenly found the flowers interesting. I set down my coffee. “Then live as if you never had one.” Mom’s face changed, but I was already standing. I took my purse, walked out of the house I had spent ten years helping her keep, climbed into my SUV, and drove away without looking back.
OMG OMG At my father’s 60th birthday party, my three-year-old daughter Lily walked into the kitchen, opened the cooler, and grabbed a soda because she was thirsty. My father came in right behind her and snapped, “That’s mine. You don’t touch things in my house without asking.” Lily looked up at him and said in that tiny, nervous voice children use when they know an adult is upset, “I’m sorry, Grandpa. I didn’t know.” He shouted, “So you think you can just take whatever you want?” Then he yanked off his belt and swung it at her.