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My mother didn’t teach me how to communicate because she shut herself off from me completely. Communication is supposed to be a give-and-take, a process of learning not just how to speak, but how to be heard—how to express emotions, navigate conflicts, and connect with others. But when the person who’s supposed to model that
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I was around six years old when I started cooking for myself. I don’t remember the last time my mom cooked for me besides boxed macaroni and cheese. My mother was making boxed macaroni and cheese in the kitchen while my sister and I were explaining to her how our adopted uncle had just molested
Things I Wish My Mother Had Taught Me 