Fatherless Daughters

2020-06-212020-06-22 Miss Poison Father's Day Father's Day, Fatherless Daughters, June

All I have to offer this year is silence. I've got enough trauma to deal with, without opening up another Pandora's Box.

Sometimes It’s The Retelling That Sucks

2018-06-172019-07-01 Miss Poison Father's Day, Writing Baseball, Father's Day, June, Memories, My Father, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

Saturday afternoon someone asked me what I was doing for Father's Day. I had actually forgotten that Father's Day was coming up, so this conversation was yet another reminder for me regarding the fact that my father has been gone for ten and a half years. Somehow, my brain just wasn't absorbing this holiday. Even … Continue reading Sometimes It’s The Retelling That Sucks

Fatherless

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I am very open and honest about the kind of relationship I had with my father. He passed away nearly ten years ago after a fifteen year battle with cancer. In the years leading up to his death, I was his support system, but ultimately a child shouldn't learn, at any age, how much they … Continue reading Fatherless

Candle Burning

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Father’s Day

2015-06-21 Miss Poison Father's Day, Honesty, Pieces Of Me, Writing Candles, Father's Day, Honesty, Loss, Memories, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Suffering, Writing

You will find that I am almost completely silent on Mother's Day and Father's Day. I lost both of my parents within five months of each other between 2007 and 2008, so each holiday is difficult for me. My parents were young, making it all the more devastating. I have a living, constant reminder of … Continue reading Father’s Day

Unfancy

2015-06-192015-06-19 Miss Poison Animals, Cats, Dogs, Emotions, Father's Day, Life, Musings, Writing Cats, Dogs, Life, Musings, Writing

There is no nice way to say "I feel like shit." I thought about it and decided I wasn't going to attempt to gloss it over. That's like buying heavily scented cat litter with the idea in mind that roses will make it all better. Unfortunately, no matter what you do, shit is still shit. … Continue reading Unfancy