“Your parents give your soul its boundaries.”
--Judy Gurian, 1964
Photo by Liana S on Unsplash
“Your parents give your soul its boundaries,” my mother said to Maria in our two-story house in La Crosse. “You were found in a garbage can, and you are very sick, but we will love you, I promise we will.”
My mother took Maria to doctors that charged a lot of mo…
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