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My Mother's Mental Illness
My grandmother had one son who was murdered. She has another son who's addicted to drugs and is in and out of jail. Her grandson, my cousin, jaman, came down with lukimi when he was six. He was cured, but the med n left him learning thi fable. It upset his mother so much that she started drinking. Now he lives here with my grandmother, sleeps in her bed. Even though my mother lives with us, my grandmother also asks custody of me and my sisters because of my mother's mental illness. This is my mother, toche. I've been on medication off an on since 19 77. How oldarey? Ineve
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