MENTAL HEALTH

When You Grow Up With Rich Celebrities and Poor People Living on the Streets

And one of them was my mother

Michelle Marie Warner
The Narrative Arc
Published in
6 min readDec 4, 2023

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A person hunched over wearing a worn leather jacket and dirty hoodie, sitting on large rocks against a wall with a grey duffel bag, pink sweater on top.
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I remember the accumulated pots and pans encrusted with old food in our sink. I see the full toilet we couldn’t flush because of frozen pipes. I hear my mother’s rants against the backdrop of neglect.

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Michelle Marie Warner
The Narrative Arc

Writer of most things personal, socially conscious, sensitive, single LGBTQIA+ mom. Ready to bite off more than I've been chewing. michellewarner718@gmail.com