LMAO seriously atp the only thing stopping me from telling her she's being a self-centered, childish asshole is that I don't want to add to my brother's stress. he's pulling through, just more slowly than initially hoped/expected--had some post-surgical complications; nothing huge, just unpleasant 😮‍💨

You're one of the people I'd hoped was still around, too ❤️ how have you been?

"i feel really alone and emotionally vulnerable right now," he told us, having just had a major organ removed. like, yeah! obviously! anybody would!! but mom's bored so she wants to go home. i can't fathom this. i'm sorry your child's grave medical crisis isn't entertaining for you. christ.

and the part of this that's been hardest to process is our mom's narcissism, the way it makes her almost angry that she can't be the main character here. she wants to leave after visiting him for ten minutes, even after he explicitly asks for company--"it's lonely going through this," he said

it still can't be healthy to be awash in all this shit but, you know, silver linings or whatever

they were mad he said "cohort" literacy is fucking cooked

my artistic eye is dead rn but the idea wouldn't let go until i drew it anyway 🤷