#unsung-heroes

#unsung-heroes

And my mother was heroic and did so many things to make it feel like a normal childhood. But when your dad lives in a VA hospital, and you go visit him every Sunday and walk down the linoleum halls to a weird room that doesn't smell like home, and you see your dad sitting in there—it wasn't him.

"I felt the bottom of my stomach just drop out... I was afraid that my mistake had ruined everything for me. "