Tag: abandonment

  • Branded Again – 1989

    It was Valentine’s Day and I was 12 and a half.  My partner-in-crime and skateboard buddy had been best friends for several years. His best friend and my best friend were now a couple.  The four of us were always hanging out together and going to the mall to play video games.  I was almost…

  • Branded – Summer 1985

    I slowly entered the master bedroom and came around the corner to the master bath to look up at my father shaving his beard in the mirror.  With my innocent 9-year-old voice I asked, “Daddy, will you play with ball with me?” He replied, “No” and kept on shaving.  The sharp clicking sound of his…