At My Purple Heart Ceremony, My Stepmother Swung a Folding Chair Into My Arm—Then My Father Looked Down Instead of Protecting Me
I no longer hate Gertrude.
That is different.
I do not spend mornings imagining her miserable.
I do not search her name.
I do not ask Charles for updates.
Her life became irrelevant to mine.
Maybe that is forgiveness.
Maybe not.
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