Emily Taylor

**Diary Entry: A Mother’s Worry** Sometimes I drop by my old accounting firm—not for work, just for a

“My daughter’s over thirty and still acts like a teenager”: A weary mother’

“You don’t respect me! You didn’t even come to wish me happy birthday because of a dog!” My mother-in-law

**Monday, April 15th** I never imagined I’d feel so trapped in a place I’m meant to call home.

Mum wants to visit while my mother-in-law’s away, but she forbids letting “outsiders” into her home.

“Like a Faulty Item Returned”: The Story of a Girl Sent Back to the Orphanage—But One Woman’

**Diary Entry – 12th October** *”You don’t respect me! Skipping my birthday because of a dog!

The word “return” usually calls to mind shops and receipts—too small, wrong colour, simply

**Diary Entry** *”You don’t respect me! Skipping my birthday over a dog!”* My mother-in-law

**Diary Entry** “I left because I couldn’t take it anymore.” That’s what I told myself when