Amber Fraley
Jun 2, 2022

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I finally cut contact with mine. The final straw was when she once again ruined my Christmas by trying to pick a baseless fight with me. That was when I realized she'd never be happy no matter how far backward I bent over for her, and I was just fucking sick of my Christmases being ruined. (Among a thousand other things.) It's been hard. I feel guilty a lot, but the relief of not seeing her is so freeing it's incredible. I used to feel like I was drowning in the bottom of a well around her.

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Amber Fraley
Amber Fraley

Written by Amber Fraley

Writing about abortion rights, mental illness, trauma, narcissistic abuse & survival, politics. Journalist, novelist, wife, mom, Kansan, repro rights activist.

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