So it is My Fault
by Nicholas (California) My mother left because she was “not happy.” It was a simple answer, but it changed how I saw myself and everything
February 22, 2013
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by Nicholas (California) My mother left because she was “not happy.” It was a simple answer, but it changed how I saw myself and everything
by Sean (Nova Scotia) I was born late in 1964. Gen-X leaning late Boomer, I guess. My father had severe mental illness & self-medicating drug
First, I never knew my biological father. But the pain from that didn’t come until later. My mom’s husband was there for me from birth
by Still Paying for the trauma. I was 8yo when I first found out my parents absolutely hated each other. They argued & fought late
I have two photographs of my parents and me. One is a candid shot, in color, taken by my great grandfather right after I was
by JVW (NC) I distinctly remember when I was 5, trying to figure out what to call the man my mom had married. I knew
by K (Colorado) Nobody in my family has divorced for three generations. But my great-grandfather divorced his first wife and married my great-grandmother. His own
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