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Merry Christmas, Mom. I'm So Disappointed In You

Merry Christmas, Mom. I'm So Disappointed In You

"I would have assumed my father would have taken a baseball bat to Fat Larry’s skull after that. Instead, he tried to commit suicide."

Dec 20, 2022
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by Justin Rosario

Wednesday, December 21 will mark 23 years since my mother died. Normally, I write a Facebook post to mark the anniversary; something funny about my mother or something about the kids to note how much she would have loved watching them grow up. There’s a good chance I will do that this year as I have every year. Probably.

I am, however, s…

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