The Waiting Room

Waiting rooms can be lonely places. Disease may infect one family member, but it affects all of them. This dark autobiography takes the reader to the “healthy” child and how she responds to having a brother with an incurable disease. From strange habits, addictions, hang-ups, eating disorders, and major depressive disorder, the author hides her issues from everyone else while proving her loyalty to her brother, who is her best friend. The difference between how the siblings are treated by others is prevalent in this writer’s tale. Growing up in hospitals gives one a different perspective on life. Waiting rooms give us time to reflect on life, death, and what we make it in between.