“It is. But because she’s sick, because of the responsibility you feel toward your brother, you’re ashamed of that anger. You try to bottle it up, to guilt yourself out of it. But that’s no way to heal. All it does is allow things to fester. You can be angry and still love your mom. You can hate seeing her like this, hate that she’s forgotten you, and still do right by her. You’re not a bad person.”
