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Category: Parenting

October 17, 2020

“An Ode to Those of Us Orphaned by Drug Abuse” Poetry by Lesley Patterson AKA Lady Opaque of WritingBeautifully.com

I should have known by the way our own family treated her, but it never occurred to me that my mom was very ill. My entire childhood she was sickly. Mom would say, “If you…

April 18, 2020

“My Sacred Trinity” – by Lesley Michelle Patterson AKA Lady Opaque

I’ve always been raised to love my family, but this bond goes far beyond blood. It reaches into the realms of eternity, it drowns me just like a flood. I’ve faced my greatest fears for…

March 11, 2020

The Ones We Love Hurt Us Most of All – The Story of My Life Spent With My Abusive & Mentally Ill Senior Mother & Drug Addict – by Lesley Patterson AKA Lady Opaque

  It’s ironic and incredibly depressing to think that those who are supposed to love us unconditionally, such as our family members, are so quick to flip the script on you just because things didn’t…

February 21, 2020

A Collection of Some of My Favorite Quotes by Lesley Patterson AKA Lady Opaque

  “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”   “Never cut what you can untie.” – Joseph Joubert   “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” -Henry…

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