🌿 She Drank to Survive. I Did Too. — A Letter to My Mother Before Her Death Day

Dear Peaceful Heart,

Tomorrow marks the death day of my mother.

She left this world through MAiD — Medical Assistance in Dying. It was her choice. One I now understand and will be choosing too.

You see, she drank to survive. And for years, I judged her.

Until I drank to survive, too.

Until trauma cornered me.

Until I saw the pattern, the pain, the lineage.

She…