Habit

There is an unmistakable gleam in Ma''s eye, and her absolute composure both appalls me and rips my heart from its root. I burst into tears. The gauntlet is thrown.From the time she was conceived, Susan Morse was her mother''s "special" child. For Susan, special translated into becoming her incorrigible mother''s frazzled caretaker, a role that continued into adulthood. Now she finds herself as pa...