—had turned our morning routine into a battlefield of tears and locked rooms. For thirty days, I stepped out of my role as a sibling and into a confusing middle ground between guardian and confidant. The First Ten Days: The Wall of Silence
For the first time in a month, my mother didn’t look terrified.
He made a list:
Living with a school-refusing sibling taught me that It’s staying calm when they scream, and staying present when they withdraw.