Family2

A painting of two glasses of tea on a tray beside a cushioned bench in afternoon light

Family~3 min read

My parents ask more of me than I can give

Where duty ends and resentment begins, and how to tell which one you are acting from.

A painting of a lone figure carrying two laden baskets up a dawn street toward a home doorway

Family~3 min read

I am carrying my family alone

On being the one everyone leans on, and what happens when nobody asks how you are.

That is all of them.