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Mourning My Mother, Finally
C. A. Blomquist
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Tablet
· 8 May 2012
The author recalls the tragic suicide of their mother on Mother's Day in 1972, and the subsequent emotional journey of avoidance and self-reliance that followed, causing them to suppress their grief for decades.