Anyone who grew up in a turbulent household with a lot of unfamiliar faces knows how important it is to be around familiar family who you know are looking out for you. An example of this is a family going through a divorce or even a family dealing with the absence of a family member without legal proceedings. If you grew up in your hometown always going to your grandparents’ house on Sundays, then you will struggle to reconcile with leaving them behind. Without a lot of constants in your life, you’ll end up feeling lost, uncomfortable, and yearning for the days when your mother didn’t remarry…

In this next story, a 17-year-old daughter hatches a plan to move back in with her grandparents after her mother packs them up to move away with her stepdad and stepsiblings. Though her mother might’ve thought she was doing her daughter a favor, the daughter wants to leave. It makes sense. Her mother, however, is treating her as if she has no right to her own wants and feelings. Scroll to read.