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Katie Mitchell

Katie Mitchell
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P.S. I Love You

love and quesadillas

I haven’t finished one section of my breakfast quesadilla. There is something caught in my throat that interferes with my swallowing. Oh…

4 min readMay 14, 2019

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Katie Mitchell

I Just Don’t Cotton To Mother’s Day

I have always had issues with Mother’s Day. First of all- bring me flowers on a random Tuesday in October or July. Much more meaningful…

4 min readMay 12, 2019

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I Just Don’t Cotton To Mother’s Day

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Katie Mitchell
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P.S. I Love You

When Mom’s BF is Your Age

When I was 19, my mother started dating a guy who was 24.

4 min readMay 7, 2019

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Katie Mitchell

An Odd Couple

I met Neil Simon when I was 26. He was 57.

3 min readAug 26, 2018

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An Odd Couple

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Katie Mitchell
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Intimately Intricate

When Mental Illness Has a Secret

I think the affair began at the New Year’s Eve party.

4 min readMay 27, 2018

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Katie Mitchell
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Other Voices

There came a lightness

In a big metal tub, they would wash the sand off their feet and tell each other lies.

2 min readMay 27, 2018

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There came a lightness

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Katie Mitchell

When Mental Illness Comes aCalling

I have a brother who is homeless. And mentally ill.

4 min readMay 27, 2018

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When Mental Illness Comes aCalling

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Katie Mitchell

Truth in the Places We Cannot See

We weren’t allowed to give out our telephone number when we were kids. Mama was paranoid certain neighbors on our street might get it.

6 min readMay 11, 2018

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Truth in the Places We Cannot See

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When Mental Illness Wears Lipstick

The emergency calls were starting to come more frequently.

6 min readMay 8, 2018

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When Mental Illness sleeps down the hall

Mental illness scares me. Or maybe what’s scary is being fully present to the mental illness I know so well.

6 min readMay 6, 2018

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Katie Mitchell

Katie Mitchell

southern girl dreamer, writer, actress, calamity-mom, prefer vodka, podcast co-host of If it’s Not 1 Thing, it’s Your Mother www.ifitsnot1thingitsyourmother.com

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