My Mom Erased Me From Her New Family. The Day I Turned 18, I Erased Myself From Hers.

Richard threw a party at the country club. There was cake with Welcome to the Family written on it. Sophia and Brandon got monogrammed gifts with their new last name. Speeches about new beginnings.

I stood in the corner eating shrimp cocktail and counting down days.

My eighteenth birthday was a Thursday in March.

I woke up early. Ate breakfast. Mom had continue reading …