How fast can someone move on from grief? For my brother, it took just eight months to go from widower to remarried father, forcing his kids into a life they never wanted. When they broke under the weight of it all, he didn’t try to fix it. Instead, he came to me with a request that shook me.
You think you know your family. You grow up together, share meals, and laugh at the same stupid jokes. You think there are lines that can’t be crossed — until one day, someone walks right over them like they never existed. And suddenly, you’re looking at a person you thought you knew and wonder, “Who the hell are you?”
For me, that moment came when my brother Peter sat across from me on my couch and made a shocking request about his two kids.
Silhouette of a boy and a girl walking on the road | Source: Midjourney