“I think that within your family you’ve created a role for yourself as the caretaker, the protector, the martyr. And despite everything you know about your family and friends indicating otherwise, you’ve decided that the only thing you have to offer them of value is servitude they didn’t ask for and, probably on more than one occasion, have told you they don’t need. They love you, Mallory, not what you do for them, which means if you stop doing for them and live your life, that love will still be there. So the question you need to ask yourself is why do you think it won’t?”
