So this needs to be said, and so I will try to say it

It's the only way anything will change. Because we are both mother and child, cause and effect, villain and victim

A lifelong movie I already knew the ending to

Everything around me affirmed there was nothing else I could do – yet everything inside me cried that I was not doing enough.

I avoided one-on-one situations, eye contact, and healthy relationships. Instead I took refuge in drinking too much, cheap sex, and sarcasm.

After college I got a job and started working. This new career had absolutely nothing to do with my degree.