100 Word Memoir

Betrayal

a choice resonates a lifetime

sometimes choices make for a dark path in life (author photo)

My grandmother’s betrayal was a heartbreaking moment in my 13 years of life. My mother would remarry. We met to argue on our screened patio in the hazy heat of summer and the suffocating smell of gardenias. I sat on one side of the table, my mother on the other. My grandmother stood behind her. Rigid in her choice, her features bared to me an…