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“Mommy, I love public school, but why do I feel better and more accepted in a school like this?”

I smile, trying to stay polite, despite my frustration at answering this question for the 30th time

If you tell a child something often enough, she’ll believe you

She knew that there was a backstory, because every shopper has  a backstory

I look just like you. I am a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend… and an addict 

“He’ll be so upset when he’s older and sees the pictures and realizes what you did to him”