perfectliar said: "What's confusing and doesn't make sense?"
It's very straightforward. First, they were the perfect loving family, so adoring. But they're grappling with some gray and rainy weather, and they're living on a latte and a prayer. But the mom will keep the plates all spinning, with a smile so white & winning all the way.
Her son gets into Harvard, and her daughter feels unseen. Basically he's Superboy and she's the invisible girl. She throws herself head-first into extracurriculars, hoping everything else goes away.
The mom struggles with her relationship with her husband. She's distant and unsteady - it's like living on a cliff-side, not knowing when you'll dive. Does she know, does she know, what it's like to die alive?
Her husband wonders if it's his fault. They've been fine for so long now - how can something go wrong that he can't see?
It turns out that due to pain from a previous car accident, the mom is addicted to opioids, but her psychopharmacologist won't give her a refill. The mom pleads, but the pharmacist doesn't budge. She and her psychophxrmicoloist - it's like an odd romance; intense and very intimate, they do their dance.
After a brief attempt at sobriety, the mother relapses. Catch her, she's falling. Please hear her calling. Catch her before it's too late.
She survives. It brings their family back together. They find the will to find their way, knowing that the darkest skies will someday see the sun. When their long night is gone, there will be light.
There will be... liiiiiiiight.
Updated On: 12/13/19 at 12:41 PM
