Keianna

I’ve begun to realize the world doesn’t revolve around me. People walk by me and I force myself to remember that they have lives of their own. My father had a life before I was born. The crazy stories he tells me actually happened and that’s just…bizarre.

My mother is living her life without me right now, and it’s weird to think that’s she’s not just a figure who calls every so often. I have to say we’ve been getting along better.

I don’t think children realize that their parents weren’t born to have them—well, maybe it’s just me who didn’t know that. It happened very fast. The sudden knowledge of this truth, this thing that clicked on that told me, “Your parents have lives, too. You weren’t born to be someone else’s sidekick. You’re going to have to do things by yourself.”

Oh, ignorance, how I miss you. ♦