My sister and I are both trying to care for our aging father but we have completely different ideas about what he needs and we keep undermining each other instead of actually helping him. Every conversation about his care turns into relitigating our childhood roles and who loves him more.
More people experience this than they realize.
The weight of shared responsibility reveals how differently love expresses itself, and how old wounds complicate present devotion.
“Where Are You with Anticipatory grief for civilization?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.