The Thirteenth Year

2021-05-172021-05-18 Miss Poison My Mother, Writing Emotional Pain, Honor, In Memoriam, May, Mourning, My Mother, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Suffering, Trauma, Writing

May. The month of darkness. The month of flashbacks, nightmares, anger at being robbed of loved ones... It's hell. I suffer silently; no one is particularly interested in what I have to say. I remind myself it isn't personal, some people simply aren't full-fledged human beings. C'est la vie. Thirteen years ago tonight, my mother's … Continue reading The Thirteenth Year

Everything

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Suffering Silently

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Borotʹba i strazhdannya bez tebe, mamo. My sumuyemo za toboyu. My lyubymo tebe. Dyakuyu za blahoslovennya, yaki vy nam nadislaly.

A Decade

2018-05-172018-05-17 Miss Poison My Mother, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing A Decade, Emotional Pain, Honesty, Loss, Love, May, My Mother, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

If I added up the minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years I have spent missing my mother, I am pretty sure it would be an astronomical number. All those moments have brought me to this day; the tenth anniversary. A decade without my mother. It makes me sick to my stomach, putting the words … Continue reading A Decade

For The Mother Who Made Life Easier

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Dlya materi, yakyy zrobyv zhyttya prostishe... My lyubymo i sumuyu za toboyu kozhen denʹ

Eight Years

2016-05-17 Miss Poison My Mother, Pieces Of Me, Writing Loss, Mourning, My Mother, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Writing

Eight years ago tonight, I got a phone call that changed my life. It wasn't one of those life-changing "oh, how fabulous" calls, either. It was the kind of call that brings you to your knees. Somehow, I was able to remain upright and forge ahead. By the Grace Of G-d, apparently. Every day since, … Continue reading Eight Years

Dlya Moyey Mamochka (For My Mother)

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I miss you so much. Today, words fail and tears fall. I'm safe, but I am not okay. Please look after my brother and know that love & prayers are being sent your way. Ya lyublyu tebya. XO.

Mother & Daughter

2015-05-17 Miss Poison Adult Orphans, In Memory, Motherless Daughters, My Mother, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Relationships, Strength, Writing Best Friends, Friendship, Honesty, In Memory, My Mother, Poison In Lethal Doses, Relationships, Writing

First friend; best friend. The reason I am who I am. The person who encouraged me never to follow, but always to lead. Guide-post. Lighthouse. Anchor. Part angel, part saint. The best listener. Could always see the best in me, even when I didn't believe there was any. Teacher of so much. Giver of books, … Continue reading Mother & Daughter