Daria Burke

Yeah, it's a complicated relationship. Absolutely.

Yeah, it's a complicated relationship. Absolutely.

Yeah, it's a complicated relationship. Absolutely.

I think he had heard that I was in town and he drove by. I don't write this in the book. I can't believe I'm telling this story. I hid in the bathroom because I didn't want to see him the entire time he was there. And I asked my nephew or one of my nieces to bring my wine in the bathroom with me.

I think he had heard that I was in town and he drove by. I don't write this in the book. I can't believe I'm telling this story. I hid in the bathroom because I didn't want to see him the entire time he was there. And I asked my nephew or one of my nieces to bring my wine in the bathroom with me.

I think he had heard that I was in town and he drove by. I don't write this in the book. I can't believe I'm telling this story. I hid in the bathroom because I didn't want to see him the entire time he was there. And I asked my nephew or one of my nieces to bring my wine in the bathroom with me.

So I was sitting in the bathroom, you know, the toilet seat down on the toilet, drinking wine, waiting for him to leave. And I think it became clear to him that I was not going to come out to see him. I didn't want to. have an interaction with him. And so eventually he left, but I probably was in the bathroom for about a half an hour.

So I was sitting in the bathroom, you know, the toilet seat down on the toilet, drinking wine, waiting for him to leave. And I think it became clear to him that I was not going to come out to see him. I didn't want to. have an interaction with him. And so eventually he left, but I probably was in the bathroom for about a half an hour.

So I was sitting in the bathroom, you know, the toilet seat down on the toilet, drinking wine, waiting for him to leave. And I think it became clear to him that I was not going to come out to see him. I didn't want to. have an interaction with him. And so eventually he left, but I probably was in the bathroom for about a half an hour.

I was just so angry. He would have this way of making me so angry because he could act like nothing had happened. He could always act like everything was normal. Like it was normal to not be in your children's lives and to only see them a couple of times a year and that it was normal to go years without speaking and then to just want to fall into casual conversation. It was maddening to me.

I was just so angry. He would have this way of making me so angry because he could act like nothing had happened. He could always act like everything was normal. Like it was normal to not be in your children's lives and to only see them a couple of times a year and that it was normal to go years without speaking and then to just want to fall into casual conversation. It was maddening to me.

I was just so angry. He would have this way of making me so angry because he could act like nothing had happened. He could always act like everything was normal. Like it was normal to not be in your children's lives and to only see them a couple of times a year and that it was normal to go years without speaking and then to just want to fall into casual conversation. It was maddening to me.

And it was ultimately why I'd asked him not to call me again back when I did. I was about 26 at the time. So I'd been estranged from my mom for four years by then, and frankly, technically, my father as well, because he was so intermittent in our lives anyway. And so it was just always this rage that I would find.

And it was ultimately why I'd asked him not to call me again back when I did. I was about 26 at the time. So I'd been estranged from my mom for four years by then, and frankly, technically, my father as well, because he was so intermittent in our lives anyway. And so it was just always this rage that I would find.

And it was ultimately why I'd asked him not to call me again back when I did. I was about 26 at the time. So I'd been estranged from my mom for four years by then, and frankly, technically, my father as well, because he was so intermittent in our lives anyway. And so it was just always this rage that I would find.

I could sum it up very quickly, because all I wanted to do was shout him and tell him, you know, this isn't normal, but that's not the relationship that we have.

I could sum it up very quickly, because all I wanted to do was shout him and tell him, you know, this isn't normal, but that's not the relationship that we have.

I could sum it up very quickly, because all I wanted to do was shout him and tell him, you know, this isn't normal, but that's not the relationship that we have.

There are a couple of reasons. I think the first one is that there was something specific about the telling of my story in this way that was a knitting together all of these selves that I had shed along the way towards survival and a reclaiming of them and an honoring of them. That felt really important to me.

There are a couple of reasons. I think the first one is that there was something specific about the telling of my story in this way that was a knitting together all of these selves that I had shed along the way towards survival and a reclaiming of them and an honoring of them. That felt really important to me.