MY PARENTS WALKED AWAY FROM ME AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS 13 — MY MOTHER WENT PALE WHEN THE DEAN CALLED MY NAME

back to sleep.

My parents never visited. Not once. Margaret, my caseworker, told me they had signed away all parental rights. Jessica was focused on SAT preparation and college applications. I truly had no family left.

Except I did.

Rachel was there.

On the twenty-eighth day of my hospital stay, after the induction phase ended and I entered remission, continue reading …