My life revolves around illness. My entire life I have been the sibling to someone with Cystic Fibrosis. Thus, I know a little bit about being the sick kids sibling. Well, it might actually be the only thing I truly know. My sister's illness is the single greatest influence on who I am, and what makes me unique.
The un-spoken job of a sick-kid's sibling is to remain in the background, and be as little of a burden on your preoccupied parents. As a young child, I didn't understand why my mommy went away to a hospital for weeks at a time, and spent so much time with my sister instead of me. I had to learn to step into the background with compliance, allowing all the resources to be dedicated to making sure my sister was as happy and healthy as possible.
So I stepped. I became small in times of stress, and internalized most things as to not attract too much attention to myself and burden my family even more. Because my issues were never as serious as Cystic Fibrosis. And they never will be.
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