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When doing the right thing feels like punishment

I adopted my nephew after my sister died and sometimes I resent that my life completely changed while his father just disappeared, but then I feel terrible for resenting an orphaned child.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love often asks more of those willing to show up, creating resentment that compounds guilt.

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