AFTER MONTHS OF MY DAUGHTER “HELPING” WITH MY BILLS, HIDING MY BANK STATEMENTS, TAKING MY DEBIT CARD

her feel less ashamed. Just information. Imperfect, partial, but real.

I began, slowly, to understand something that had been difficult for me before: setting a boundary with your child is not the same thing as ceasing to love them.

Love remains. Sometimes that is the hardest part. If Alyssa had been all cruelty, all appetite, all greed, the line would continue reading …