Certainly couldn’t handle more than one.She read the next question, which made her insides twist: “Were there any traumatic events growing up?” Uh, yeah, let me see; where do I begin? My mom married a fat loser when I was six years old, who helped her beat the crap out of all of us at least three times a week, and when she was sleeping or not looking, he molested us for, oh, about six years or so. Is that considered traumatic? Lacey almost giggled as she imagined what the counselor’s expression would be if she were to really write that down. She opted for the “serious problems” box and drew an arrow and wrote at the bottom of the page, “due to physical, emotional and s****l abuse.” She went to the next box and checked off “no problems” for the query of relationships outside of family. Exce
