MaryClare StFrancis
1 min readOct 31, 2023

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And my therapist and I have been working through my tendency to think that everything that goes wrong is my fault. She’s glad I’m not blaming myself for everything anymore.

Evidently you’ve managed to forget what it’s like to be poor, single, desperate, and have everything go wrong even when you’re doing all you can, and then have people insist the problem is you and to fake being all happy and good. But projecting that onto me isn’t something I have to accept.

I hope I never forget, but I’m afraid I will too. I suppose you forget the private message you sent the other day since you didn’t want people to know what you were saying, which insinuated therapy.

I’ve played by the rules and actually I’m very good at adapting. Im a good writer, and doing everything they’ve suggested. I’m not the problem here and fake positivity has never been my thing, because it’s inauthentic.

I also don’t like organizations that need to lie about everything and I have to wonder why you’re hell bent on siding with an organization who has changed a lot, lied about it, and alienated a lot of their people, over the writers it’s screwing over but you do you and I’ll do me.

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MaryClare StFrancis
MaryClare StFrancis

Written by MaryClare StFrancis

I write memoir, nonfiction essays, and poetry

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