"BLINDING TEARS & PATHOS"
FRACTURED FAMILY " BLINDING TEARS & PATHOS " Tears convey a range of emotions - from sorrow, sadness, and pain to joy and surprise. People express their innermost feelings through tears, whether it is deceit, deep sorrow, hurtful resentment, piercing anger, or mourning. Sometimes, tears can be a purging of stress and burden. However, there are also crocodile tears, shed to deceive and attract public sympathy and false empathy. My focus is on deceitful tears within family dynamics. When a person's behavior towards their siblings and parents becomes a pattern, it is troubling and disturbing. In 2008, my immediate younger sister, Joy Amarachi, fell ill. I sent money for her treatment and asked our elder brother, Ikechi, to get her admitted to the hospital, but he refused, claiming she was old enough to seek medical attention herself. Despite my repeated pleas, he did not priorit...