My Daughter’s Bullies Visited Her Hospital Room Every Day—Then One of Them Asked, “Do You Really Have No Idea What She Did?”
“Using you privately and rejecting you publicly.”
Exactly.
That had been the deeper injury.
He wanted Madeline’s compassion without giving her dignity where anyone could see.
People do this more often than they realize.
They accept someone’s labor.
Advice.
Care.