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

had neither.

Uncle Greg invited me to Thanksgiving. He told me mom would be there, that I didn’t have to come if I wasn’t ready, that it was entirely my call.

I thought about it genuinely. Then I went — not to reconcile, but because Greg was my family and I wasn’t going to let her take that from me too.

She tried to make conversation all through dinner.continue reading …