At My 30th Birthday, My Mother Said I Was Adopted for a Tax Benefit — Then I Opened an Envelope

deserved a seat at a table that was never going to welcome me.

The truth is: you don’t prove you’re worthy of love. You simply are.

If you’re trapped in any relationship where you constantly feel like you have to justify your existence, ask yourself: Why am I performing? And for who?

The people who genuinely love you will never make you audition for it.continue reading …