“Where are you? My kids are hungry, and the table still isn’t cleared!” my sister demanded on my birthday, as if cooking, cleaning, and caring for her children were automatically my responsibility. – Welcome

people can begin treating it as something they are automatically entitled to receive.

I thought keeping quiet protected my son.

Instead, my silence helped him forget what my sacrifice was costing me.

So if I could tell every mother, grandmother, wife, husband, or friend who quietly carries everyone else one thing, it would be this:

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