MENTAL ILLNESS/DEPRESSION

How an Untreated Manic-Depressed Mom Cares for Her Kids

Not very well

Klara Jane Holloway
Black Bear
Published in
4 min readMar 20
spinning wheel
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

TW: Content includes discussions on depression.

Cake and ice cream today?

I sent this text to my daughter Sara this morning.

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Klara Jane Holloway
Black Bear

Written by Klara Jane Holloway

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I write about my experiences in life. Some mundane, some sad, some funny, and hopefully none boring! And, I now have top writer status in “Life”.

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