Tomorrow is Mother's day.
Every year this time feels a bit weird to me. People who see my posts on socials may imagine my life is a dream. What most of them don't know is that I'm not the type of person to share personal issues. It's been almost a year since I've been welcomed in this space, so it is time to get to know each other a little better.
Family is something you can see in a lot of my work. There are reasons for that.
I grew up in a broken family. My father wasn't in the picture for the first 12 years, and my mother struggled with mental health issues and addictions. She was violent and so was the stepfather I had later on.
Violence occurred daily, for years. As a child, I w...