april is the cruelest month

[grey_damaskena]

I had just finished a tremendously depressing conversation with my family. Not that there was anything particular wrong, it was simply a bad day, and so all the problems bubbled up. My great-aunt, whose health is starting to go. My brother, who seems to be angrily miserable in every aspect of his life. My sister, struggling to support her husband

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[beyondthemoor]

I have similar... situations... with my own family. And live halfway across the country for the same reasons as you. : )

[grey_damaskena]

I love my family above all, but I can't stand the idea of having to deal with the all-consuming minutia of their lives on a constant basis. I could just disappear into it, and forget about my own life entirely. It's so . . . all-consuming. There's an ocean and five time zones between us, and yet sometimes I still feel it isn't enough.