Kindle Notes & Highlights
Family lore given to us as children has such hold over us, such staying power. It can form the bedrock of another kind of faith, one to rival any religion, informing our beliefs about ourselves, and our families, and our place in the world.
Caught between my family’s “colorblind” ideal and the obvious notice of others, perhaps it isn’t surprising which made me feel safer—which I preferred, and tried to adopt as my own.
But withholding hard truths and my honest opinions would also sell short the love I have for them, and they for me.
