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My sister was my idol, my best friend, my second mother — and then she left

You feel her empathy and sadness, the curiosity and respect for your life experience and courage

Protecting my child’s health meant abandoning everything we’d built

I promised myself that when I’m a mommy, I won’t do what my mommy did

Letting go of that pot meant letting go of another piece of my mother

Okay, so no one could call him a whiz in the kitchen, but this was a whole new language