At My Mother’s Funeral My Sister Thought She Had Won Until I Opened the Door

to be sisters in a different register than the one we had grown up in. She called on the afternoon I went into labor, which I had not expected, and I found that I was glad she did.

The road that brought me to the life I now have was not one I would ever have chosen for myself. When Darius left me for my sister, I believed my life had ended. I thought continue reading …