22-year-old raises 7-year-old sister alone after their mom leaves, almost gives in to the stress, until sister hands her a Mother’s Day card: ‘I’m doing my best, she sees it’

Since Lilo & Stitch was recently released in live-action, the subject of ‘ohana’ has been surfacing online more and more, and it is obviously an important discussion. None of us knows what we would do if we were in Nani’s shoes–a young adult left to take care of a 6-year-old sister, without any support or financial stability. How do you cope, how do you balance the life of a guardian with the life you wanted to have for yourself?

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