I knew early on that I didn't want a child of my own to inherit the legacy I've spent my life healing and extricating from. Remaining child-free was the wisest and kindest choice I could have made.
When he sensed that my sister and I needed some perspective, Dad reminded us of the many Christmases when his single mother, a woman who barely had a middle school education, could not afford to give her children gifts.
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