Left Behind for My Sister’s Future, I Built My Own Family — Until My Parents Came Back 12 Years Later

At ten, my life split in two. My parents dropped me off at Gran’s “for a little while” so they could focus on my younger sister Chloe’s gymnastics career.

That “little while” became forever.Gran did her best, but she was aging and struggling. A few months later, my Uncle Rob and Aunt Lisa took me in. They couldn’t have children and called me their “miracle kid.”