Ari
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So in turn, I don't think she realizes where the family is now.
For my inner child, I'm where she thought I would need to be to get that love.
And it's like, now I'm a completely different person.
When I came out as non-binary, I don't think my mom has any idea.
I don't know if it's the new me not wanting to bring her energy into or what, but it's like, if she never knows, I'm totally okay with that because
You never knew me to begin with.
I'm just Ari, but you never knew.
So it doesn't matter either way.
I feel like it's a bittersweet feeling now.
Now that I'm growing up, I feel like it's so bittersweet.
And I think what scares me is to not care at all.
I think it scares me to feel absolutely nothing.
Because at one point, that was my entire life.
I went into the military for my mother.
I did any and everything she asked to do to make her okay.