Today started off a bit rugged. My brother was in a bad mood again which started off from yesterday. He's been under a lot of stress and pressure due to financial and family obligations. My mother and him haven't been on the best of terms for a while now. It's probably because of loss of patience. My brother told me that our mom recently had a kidney infection and had been to the doctor. She was prescribed some medicine to take care of the problem but apparently it wasn't working very well or didn't make her feel good. Because of that, she stopped taking it and I think it got worse. On top of that, she had been gardening in the backyard (which looks like a swamp) for hours and hours at a time. He kept telling her to stop doing it so much, especially since it's summer time and its so hot and humid. It's not healthy for a woman her age to be stressing her body like that. Especially because of her infection. He's a work-a-holic and he is frustrated because she has always been a work-a-holic as well. Now he's inherited that trait and it's in full swing.
I tried to be supportive to him and hear him out while he vented on the situation of things, but it wasn't until later that I realized how upset I was about everything. I feel so helpless and don't know what I can do to immediately help. All I know is that I've got to work harder (become a work-a-holic?) and start contributing more financially to the family.
I hate when my mother and brother argue with each other. This is something I had to get used to ever since I was a child. They'd argue and I'd have to be the mediator. I was just a child when this all began. So to see this again, it doesn't make me feel good.
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