Im s lost i'll give a brainliest to best answer one central idea to the story is: mental illness can take a toll, but it does not always sever the bonds that connect people. explain how the anecdote from the passage below to show this central idea. text passage from page 129: i was out one day with my daughters shopping for groceries. it wasn’t any day. it was my fortieth birthday. we turned the corner to walk down our block when stephanie, my youngest daughter, said, “there’s uncle russell! ” he was at the garbage dump of a nearby apartment building rummaging for bottles. he looked up in time as we crossed toward him and said, “happy birthday little sister.” your