Fragile? Doesn’t he mean “strong”? Everyone else tells me I’m strong! I don’t know how you do it! You’re amazing! I could never be as strong as you! It’s an exhausting reputation to uphold. I’ve given up trying to explain that it’s not the way it seems. I’m not strong at all. I just have no choice. The idea of collapsing in a heap, drinking myself into a stupor, and retreating from the world seems like a fantasy, but I just don’t have that luxury. Every day, I have to get up and be two parents, even when every part of me wants to stay under the covers and hide from the experience that swept
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