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MENTAL ILLNESS – a mother speaks
I’m crying as I write this. This past Easter Sunday – visiting hours at Peachford Hospital. I am alone. My son, 26, unshaven, shaking, in flip-flops and torn clothes he slept in, sits alone at a table, peeling a tangerine. … Continue reading
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At Rest, Soldier Sergeant Emmett Lee – B. 2/16/25 D. 7/1/2014
By Georgia Lee Note: My father, Emmett Lee, died July 1, 2014, a month following this original Memorial Day letter to President Obama, in May 2014, only days before the rapid decline that ended his life. As a Memorial Day celebration … Continue reading
At Rest, Soldier Sergeant Emmett Lee – B. 2/16/25 D. 7/1/2014
By Georgia Lee Note: My father, Emmett Lee, died July 1, 2014, a month following this original Memorial Day letter to President Obama, in May, only days before the rapid decline that ended his life. As a Fourth of July celebration … Continue reading
