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It’s Been Five Years Now

My mom passed away five years ago and I still wonder if I was a disappointment to her.

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Keith R. Higgons
Aug 17, 2019
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My mom passed away five years ago and I still wonder if I was a disappointment to her.

A baby is barbers chair crying.
The author getting his first hair cut. Note the prescription bottle in my mother's right hand…probably valium.

My mother had four children. I am one of them.

I sometimes wonder if I am the reason I don’t really want kids. I wouldn’t wanna raise a child like me.

I was a br…

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