Divorcing Mama
A crippling leap from childhood to adulthood

Like a giant hunchback, I was forever stuck to my mum’s back, held in place by a two-by-four-yard multicolored cloth.
She seldom tucked my arms and legs in the cloth pouch because they were too long; my head, because it was too big. Plus, I wanted to see what was going on from my vantage point.