I Refused To Babysit My Sister’s Twins And Slipped Away At The Airport Until My Phone Was Flooded With Messages

“your sister is beside herself.”

“I imagine she is.”

“She says you disappeared.”

“I boarded my flight.”

“You could have stayed and helped them work something out.”

I closed my eyes for a moment. “Mom, I did help them work something out. I told them to parent their children.”

Silence. Then: “That’s unfair.”

“No. What’s unfair is dropping childcare on someone continue reading …