As I stared at her, waiting for an explanation, it became clear I wasn’t going to get one. And that she in fact did not know best—for herself or for me. Grown-ups, who are supposed to protect their children, are limited by what “best” has felt like to them, based on the circumstances they grew up in and the privilege they did or did not have. The lines between grown-up and child were often blurred between me and my mom.
I related to this so hard
