My Family Laughed At Me On My Birthday Without Knowing The House Was In My Name

participant. Not a winner, not a contender, not someone whose work or choices or interior life warranted genuine attention. Someone who showed up, took her seat, and did not need to be taken seriously while doing so.

I looked at the trophy and I looked at their faces and I said, in the flattest voice I could manufacture, that it was very funny.

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