38Remember how you were going to grow up and save orphans?
Didn’t you know how much the world needed you?
I finally got my way – but sure not the way I wanted to get it.
I had begged and begged Mom to let me go with her and Lama. I guilted her relentlessly, about leaving me in my time of deepest need.
“I’m not leaving you home alone, Honey. I scheduled this whole trek later than Lama planned, so your dad would be back from tour,” Mom said. “You guys need more of a relationship. He’s your father.”
“He has no idea how to deal with feelings,” I pleaded. “Tears terrify him.”
“Your dad is a good father,” Mom said. She was trying to make her famous corn bread. All it really needed was two eggs and some water, but she read the instructions on the box every time. “But you’re right,” she adde
