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

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Melanie didn’t call for six days.

When she finally did, she sounded less angry than worn down, the particular flatness of someone who has been fighting a thing they know, in some part of themselves, they are on the wrong side of.

“You really think I’m a bad mother.”

“No,” I said. “I think you’re a loving mother with genuinely bad habits around responsibility.continue reading …