My Sister Got a New Car While I Got a Bus Pass but My 18th Birthday Changed Everything

I took the bus to every college interview, every volunteer shift, every AP study session at the public library. Once, one single time, I asked my mother if I could borrow the family van to drive to an internship interview forty minutes north. She barely looked up from her phone. Paige needs it for practice. I took the bus. I arrived ten minutes late.continue reading …