Having one of those days
When I can see the full fallout on all my kids of growing up with an alcoholic father who openly favors one child.
It is exhausting. Middle Child is completely out of control. It has gotten better, but the last two days, we've been back in behavior I haven't seen for a year. The detachment skills I've learned serve me well, but I'm furious at AXH. Because he doesn't need to deal with the children's pain. He gets to ignore it and keep drinking himself into oblivion.
And days like today, compassion for his disease is difficult for me to find.