“Mrs. De Ropp would never, in her honestest moments, have confessed to herself that she disliked Conradin, though she might have been dimly aware that thwarting him "for his good" was a duty which she did not find particularly irksome. Conradin hated her with a desperate sincerity which he was perfectly able to mask. Such few pleasures as he could contrive for himself gained an added relish from the likelihood that they would be displeasing to his guardian, and from the realm of his imagination she was locked out--an unclean thing, which should find no entrance.” ImaginationHonestyAbuseDislikeGuardianshipFamilial Relationships Author:H. H. Munro, Saki
“The Word by Stewart Stafford Though you have lost me, now you see, My prophecy to thee proved ever true, Absolving your wrongs done to me, In verdant fields of harmony anew. If I stayed, they said you would pay, In excoriating loss, I secured your sanctuary, I am the sentinel that prepares the way, Evolving beyond the dusty ossuary. Tongues with riddles lie in their reaching, By living, know your false self’s meaning, Insight doth bloom through time’s enduring, Our Spring lamb in lush meadows weaning. © 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.” FamilySacrificeMetaphorBetrayalSelf DiscoveryRedemptionProphecyPhilosophical PoetryFamilial RelationshipsLoss And Grief Author:Stewart Stafford
“Family isn’t just a social construct, you know darling, it is formed in the heart. It’s instinctive, this feeling of belonging to someone whose absence keeps you incomplete. . .” FamilyBelongingFamily RelationshipsBelongingsSocial ConstructsBelonging To SomeoneBelongingnessFamilialSocial ConstructFamilial Relationships Book:They Whisper in my Blood Source: They Whisper in my Blood