On Trauma, Race, and Parenting
8 min readSep 24, 2019
“What do you want to do on your birthday?” Nick asked me.
“I’m not sure yet,” I said, still contemplating my options. “Well, there is a conference that day I’d like to go to . . .” He laughed. Wait — was I the only person in the world that would be super excited to spend part of their birthday at a conference?