You Don't Have the Right

"I just want you to have a normal childhood," her mother says. "All I want to do next week is stay up late and watch movies and eat ice cream." Her mom blurts out reasons, almost like she's arguing with herself as well as me. The sky looks like a cheesy painting. Why couldn't we have just stayed home and watched Space Hero X on TV? My mom keeps saying she wanted us to look up at the stars while she tells me the truth.