Dear Annie: Though I’m young, I often feel as if I’m living the life of someone much older. This past year, many brewing family crises collided between March and April.

One relative passed away from a condition we all knew about, but the loss still hit hard. Around the same time, my father lost our family home, and we were evicted in March, losing many things of sentimental and monetary value. I learned of the final eviction at the funeral. Soon after, my mother initiated a long-awaited divorce and begged me to lie to my newly homeless father about her and my sister’s situation.

In early April, two more relatives died suddenly. While the signs were there, they’d hidden how sick they were. These two were the emotional backbone of our family, hosting Christmas every year of my childhood. I

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