Family

I looked up my family tree and found I was the sap -Rodney Dangerfield.

I looked up my family tree and found I was the sap
-Rodney Dangerfield.

There is no way to fully describe the realization that you don’t fit the mold you had for yourself. 
Again, the words to tell you exactly what the epiphany of losing your self-image. The image you have carved for the past ten years. The quiet kid earbuds tucked in ignoring the world. The college speakeasy goer. The modest well-mannered gentleman from across the hall that always sends Christmas cards with wine. 
Soft Spoken glasses wearing, librarian summer intern sophistication that only comes from being well read. Yeah, and not so modest about the humblebrag either. This sensible stoicism. Your bread and better. Your life's work and achievement. No small feat to laugh at being the youngest
Professor on campus. Well, at least that’s what all the other TA’s said.

Picture perfect dream life of a perfect childhood prodigy. That was until she took the kids to her grandmother’s for Thanksgiving. Before, she got the fourth pr…