{Post B Week 1}

Dear Anna,

First of all, I cannot even begin to imagine what it is like for you to be a member of the family merely to be your sister's life support. I would grapple with the idea of not truly being wanted for the sake of having another child. I personally find it challenging with one other sibling—much more if I had two siblings, and they were the ones who were originally “wanted”. It seems like although you don’t see Jesse much, that you get along with him really well and he respects your more than just a living cell bank for your sister. Even though your mother says you’re special and because you hold the key to keeping your sister alive that it makes you that much more special doesn’t mean that you automatically feel part of the family. Mrs. Fitzgerald is always tending to Kate’s each and every whimper, often ignoring you. I guess that this is kind of understandable, but at the same time, you need attention to the same level that she does. Your undying love for your sister (even though she’s the reason why you were born in the first place!) is admirable. Like when she was having kidney pains, how you reached out over your bed for her hand so that she could have the comfort of knowing that you are there for you. It’s understandable for the two of you to be reliant on this kind of comfort, because if Kate is in the hospital, it automatically means that you are. Whenever something goes wrong with her, you have to be there in case she needs some sort of a transplant/transfusion, etc. Jesse calls you the “peace-keeper”. Although it is unfair to have you be born into a role, it’s a role that you have so far chosen to challenge.
Good luck,

<3C