1 At dinner, mom wouldn’t even look me in the eye. She’d move quickly from one task to the next, and each time I started to say something or try to ask why she was upset, she’d quickly begin talking about anything at all to drown me out. I may have been young, but it was easy to see that she was very rattled. My dad ran a small travel agency and stayed open until 7:30 every night, so we ate alone as usual. My dad’s work schedule is what made our time together possible in the first place. I...
