My Stepmom Destroyed the Skirt I Made from My Late Dad’s Ties— Karma Knocked on Our Door That Same Night
When my dad died last spring, the world went quiet in a way that hurt. He’d been the steady in every storm — the too-sweet pancakes, the awful jokes, the pep talks that always ended with, “You can do anything, sweetheart.” After Mom died when I was eight, it was just the two of us until he…