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Alone

when connection and trust is broken

By Heather ScottPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Alone
Photo by Charles Postiaux on Unsplash

You drugged yourself with alcohol - oh,

so many times. You lied so well.

Stumbling home, at 3 a m

for 1 year straight, until…

it was better to

be alone with

3 young kids

than with

you.

Familyheartbreak

About the Creator

Heather Scott

Writing, to keep my sanity and make some sense of the world, while keeping watch over my five children as a single parent.

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    Written by Heather Scott