At age thirty eight I drove back to Boston through a snowstorm with absolute clarity after a devastating holiday visit. For fifteen years I had supported my parents financially but everything changed when I carried dessert into the dining room. I overheard my mother telling my aunt that I did not deserve any gratitude for my latest four thousand dollar transfer. She coldly stated that I simply owed them for raising me for eighteen years. My sacrifices were instantly reduced to a mandatory payment for my existence. I began helping them at age twenty three when my father suffered an injury and they almost lost their home. That temporary assistance quickly transformed into a permanent lifestyle where I covered their mortgage and eventually their luxury vacations.....
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