One Last Family Dinner

I learned from a young age that being a woman meant being hungry. Always, always, hungry. I learned that being a woman meant being small, being good, being quiet, and being straight. It wasn't lost on me that these rules didn't fit with who I was. I wasn't small. I wasn't good, I wasn't quiet, and I wasn't straight.  So, instead, I learned how to disappear.  I disappeared inside binge drinking. I disappeared inside diets that quickly became starvation - then I'd run until my legs