Did Our Parents Love Us—or the Person They Thought We Were?
What happens when the child your parents believe they’re raising isn’t exactly the person you’re becoming? Did Our Parents Love Us—or the Person They Thought We Were? My mother loved me. Let’s get that out of the way immediately. I knew she loved me when I was a...
Suicide, Depression, Social Media, and Starting Over
Suicide, Depression, Social Media, and Starting Over What if the lowest point in your life became the beginning of your greatest personal transformation? That question is really where How I Killed My Mother begins. Not with my mother. Not even with death. It begins...
Bubble Boy: Growing Up With a Sick Sibling and Learning How to Love
Bubble Boy: Growing Up With a Sick Sibling and Learning How to Love Sometimes love doesn’t look like equality. Sometimes it looks like giving each child exactly what they need. My mother loved my brother more than me. There. I said it. Before anybody calls their...
The Ones Who Got Away: Healing the Unfinished Relationships of My Life
The Ones Who Got Away: Healing the Unfinished Relationships of My Life What if the person who got away wasn’t actually the one who got away? What if they were a teacher? That’s one of the strangest things I discovered while writing How I Killed My Mother....