Now Nancy was back in the psych ward on suicide watch. No way will she be home for Christmas, Mary Kay said. As I look back on this now, I see that a more sensitive person would be alarmed, worried sick about this poor woman who keeps trying to kill herself. Poor Nancy! What can I do to help my sister? I might have thought. But no. Instead, I was angry. Nancy had screwed up my dramatic homecoming plans. Once again, she was stealing all the oxygen in the room.
