“The way she said it made it feel like I was the last one to understand because I just didn’t know what this word meant. I didn’t understand he was dying…It was so weird to feel like you missed something, and that thing is that you’re going to lose the person that means everything to you….It was like the world was ripped out from under me and I’ve been falling ever since.”

Key topics include losing a parent at a young age, the impact of death and grief on family dynamics, and navigating life with a parent struggling with substance abuse.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

- Grief, death, and loss

- Substance abuse

- Mention of sexual assault

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Created, produced, written, and edited by: Tonya Pieske

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