A Daughter Left Behind Finds Strength, Success, and the Family That Never Walked Away

to store. Instead, she smiled and said that creativity was worth tending to.

By the time Ivy was sixteen, her artwork had spread across their hallway. By twenty, she was traveling to regional fairs, portfolio in hand, usually with her aunt’s homemade tea and a tin of lemon bars tucked in her bag.

Her parents, meanwhile, had grown quieter over the years.continue reading …