You ever just look at your quiet house after dropping the kids off at their dorms, then at your sleeping old man in the next room, and wonder if anyone else just… feels like they're drowning? Because my siblings WILL be here for Christmas, bright as fucking daisies, and I just wanna scream.
sibling care resentment

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