My parents threw me out at sixteen after I lost my leg. Nineteen years later they wanted a million dollars for my sister — to hide why a 24 -year-old woman may never walk again.

I understand that decision completely. I made it.

Just be honest with yourself that it is a decision, and that it has a cost, and that the cost will not be paid by you.

It will be paid, quietly, at a kitchen table, by somebody who reads your name and thinks: this one will understand.