Her other favorite thing to say was: “Use your imagination.” This occasioned much eye-rolling and complaining, at least until it became clear that she wasn’t interested in our whining. Then we’d imagine, loudly, what it would be like to have a mom who wasn’t so mean, while she stifled hysterical laughter in the next room.

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