“I knew it was wrong to measure my parents’ lacks and losses, but it’s something I did often. I tried to decide which of them was the stronger person. To me, the answer was never obvious, ever changing, and this lack of certainty made me uneasy. I believed it was important for me to know which of them I should turn to, a strategy of survival.”

“I knew it was wrong to measure my parents’ lacks and losses, but it’s something I did often. I tried to decide which of them was the stronger person. To me, the answer was never obvious, ever changing, and this lack of certainty made me uneasy. I believed it was important for me to know which of them I should turn to, a strategy of survival.”

— Kayla Maiuri