I have never liked being a burden to other people. I’m a middle child, the only daughter in between two brothers. An older one, Charlie, who spent his teenage years challenging my parents at every turn, and a younger one, Brady, who was diagnosed with leukemia the week before his fifth birthday and spent the next seven years in and out of the hospital. He’s completely healthy now—a senior in high school, a state champion swimmer, and cancer free going on five years.
