I feel like I am always expected to drop everything for them and if I don't, they tell me I don't love them, or they say that they will stop talking to me, writes a distraught mother.
The main conceptual idea of the text is a woman's struggle with feeling exploited by her adult children while also wanting to maintain a relationship with her granddaughter. She feels trapped between feeling used and resentful towards her children, and the fear of losing contact with her beloved grandchild if she sets boundaries.
