I’m watching the series called Shameless, for the second time, which is about an alcoholic father of 6 kids living in the South Side of Chicago. the oldest, Fiona, took on the responsibility of raising her siblings due to their mothers absence at a young age. it’s a lot of drugs, sex, crime, death, and poor decisions. 

I really love how raw it is. they don’t beat around the bush about their struggles making their own way to success living in the south side AND having an alcoholic father and absent mother. 

I’m posting this here because it’s just immaculate to me how even with all of the trauma and stress, people go through daily, they still manage to have jobs and pay bills and have a social life, even if it’s tearing them apart.

it’s like I’m so proud of how strong and brave people are but also feeling a lot of sadness for the kids who are born into these situations and have no choice but to suffer and try to get through everyday the best they can with their own self learned methods.

humans are so cool to me lol