[Martha realizes she shouldn't be bringing the mood down so much, especially around the holidays, but it's hard not to in light of all this.]
It might be helpful to us to have some more help here, but that would be the same as wishing that other people were in the same situation that we are, which--
[It's one thing when it's a friend from home who might be prepared for this kind of thing, but Martha has a harder time swallowing it when it's just random people.]
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[Martha realizes she shouldn't be bringing the mood down so much, especially around the holidays, but it's hard not to in light of all this.]
It might be helpful to us to have some more help here, but that would be the same as wishing that other people were in the same situation that we are, which--
[It's one thing when it's a friend from home who might be prepared for this kind of thing, but Martha has a harder time swallowing it when it's just random people.]