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Personal Narrative: A Mother's Suicide

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On October 4, 1999, sitting at her kitchen table and drinking tea, Linda Sexton, a mom of two daughters, finally decided it was time to write back to her mother 's suicide letter. It was exactly twenty five years later after her mom tragic death; however, the pain still doesn’t go away. Now at the age of forty, went through a lot of struggles, Linda wishes she knew what she knows now to talk her mom out of suicidal thoughts because even though life is harsh and fails to be perfect, life is still beautiful. Dear Mom, Today marked the twenty five years since I saw you last. It has been twenty five years since the day you took your life. At times flew by and although you have been gone for while, it still feels like just yesterday. Mom, I was

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