ON BEING THE OLDER SISTER The most common dream anyone ever has is the one where they’re falling. The terror in their eyes that there is nothing to break their fall, and somewhere in your life you learned that it is your job to break everyone’s fall, to protect them from even themselves. You learn micro expressions as a child to be able to determine if your parents are happy or sad and if they’re sad how to fix it. This isn’t just pressure; this is the way of life you were taught, to give and give until there is nothing left any more. You’ve been fixing things for everyone for so long, you
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