“I Bought My Daughter the Cake She’d Dreamed About for Weeks — and That Was the Last Normal Moment”

work, at home, in my family. I’m Mia, thirty-nine, living in Columbus, Ohio, working as a recruiter for a healthcare network, which is a polite way of saying I spend my days reading resumes and convincing overqualified people to accept jobs that pay slightly more than they think they’re worth. I’m a single mom. Lena’s dad and I split when she was six,continue reading …