Ten years earlier, I would’ve given anything to have Lindsey look at me.
Now she couldn’t.
« My mom kept it. »
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I was 14 when Dad died in a military training accident.
A few months later, Mom moved us to a new town because staying where we were made everything harder.
I didn’t argue. Back then, I didn’t talk much. I ate.
That’s how I dealt with stress and grief.
I didn’t argue.
By the time I started at my new school, I weighed around 250 pounds.