The hand-me-downs my mother never meant to give me
by Elisse Denell Arzadon
As I near my twenties, my life may be the biggest hand-me-down because it started with hers. Even without trying, she has influenced so much of it and the kind of person I'm becoming. And while it's all mine now, I'd like to think that I'm sharing it with her, not something she owns but something we both shaped.
