i set fire to my school when i was thirteen.

I’ve never told you that.

I’ve written over 1,800 posts. I’ve told you about the garbage truck. About Christie. About raising five kids before I was thirty. About the breach. About the money. About the nights I didn’t sleep.

But I never told you this.

When I was thirteen years old, I set fire to my public school. I was facing time in juvie. I told them I w…