My Niece Grabbed My Daughter’s New Tablet and Said, “Auntie Says I Can Have Whatever I Want” — I Didn’t Raise My Voice

into furniture. Maya walks into a room with the settled assumption that she gets the biggest piece of whatever is on offer. She has always reminded me, in ways I tried not to examine too closely, of who Jessica was when we were young.

My sister and I did not have an easy childhood in the conventional ways people mean when they say that. We weren’t poor.continue reading …