**Diary Entry - Revisiting Past Emotions**
This week has been an emotional whirlwind for me. Discovering that my mother had planned for me not to have access to my debit card made me an incredibly pissed-off daughter. It brought back memories of how she left my brother and me in the early 80s. Mom moved to Richland Center, Wisconsin to live with my stepdad. Two years later, they relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where my brother and I spent our first Christmas in 1982. Grandpa and Grandma Fox saw Greg and me off at Chicago O’Hare Airport, and our journey to Albuquerque included a delay in Durango, Colorado. That experience was overwhelming, and if it hadn’t been for my brother, I think I would have been completely lost—I was only 12 years old.
Remembering this has stirred up old emotions and made me reflect on my mother’s recent decision, which has been bothering me all over again. To explain this in better detail, I need to wait until I calm down.