This is Where We Talk Things Out

by Caitlin Marceau

And while Sylvie had a bad habit of extending poison ivy disguised as olive branches, Miller had a worse habit of accepting them.

She knows it’s Sylvie’s way of moving past her grief, but it only serves to wake Miller's own pain back up.

Having grown up hearing her mothers lies, half-truths, and skewed versions of events, Miller knows when something Sylvie says doesn’t ring true.

I think you think you were a great mom, but you were selfish and you were mean and you made everything about you.