b i r t h d a y

It was my birthday recently. content warning for domestic violence and all that that can entail and more For the weeks leading up to it, all my mind could think about was: I am about to turn as old as my mother was when she had me. I am also about to turn as old as my mother was when her own mother was shot in the head and killed in broad daylight by her partner. Feels like the first bit is a…