Chapter 3: Virginia, or Mike.

She loomed over our childhood like a masked villain. This unknown woman who had raised our mother - and who hurt her deeply. This was the biggest blindspot in my understanding of our family history, and one I was very eager to explore.

So I spoke to my Aunt Julie, the only of her 4 siblings that is still alive, and someone I never got to know growing up. She opened up with me about old wounds and decades-old misunderstandings, and gave me back this piece of my own history.

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Episode 3 music credits

• Don’t Ruin my High, VAULTZ

• Downwind Instrumental Lincoln Davis

• Lost in Time, Caleb Etheridge

Thanks to Scott Esmond for the final edit and polish on this episode.