My Stepmom Used Me as a Free Maid, Cook, and Cleaner During Her Baby Shower – When She Publicly Shamed Me, My Grandpa Stood Up
I used to believe that family was the one thing you could always trust. I thought family was the place you leaned on when life became too heavy to carry alone. Then grief shifted everything under my feet. My mom died when I was 19, and at the time, I truly believed that was the worst pain I would ever feel. I thought nothing could hurt more than seeing her chair sit empty at the dinner table, untouched, like she might walk back in at any moment. I was wrong.