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What it's like to grow up with mentally ill, addicted parents; navigating the loss of a mother who was never a mom, and grieving a childhood where adulting was the expectation.

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Amy Marie

I write about my experience as a motherless daughter and what it's like to lose something I never had, and come to terms with the fact that I never will. A mother's love is hard to compensate for.