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"My Son Was 6 Years Old When He First Tried To Kill Me"
Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
Trigger warning: This essay includes descriptions of hospitalization and attempted suicides. Can you imagine waking up to see your 9-year-old standing over you with a knife? Or having to move into a hotel room because they’ve tried to jump out of their second-story bedroom window? Those aren’t bad dreams or scary hypotheticals for Natasha Robinson. The 33-year-old mom has experienced this and more while raising her son Isaiah. Isaiah is a bright, loving boy who suffers from a number of mental health issues. In an essay originally written for Michigan’s MLive.com when Isaiah was 8, Natasha shares what it’s like to be a single parent of a child with severe mental illnesses navigating a broken health care system. ∆∆∆ Story Update: http://bit.ly/333UX6b Natasha and Isaiah's GoFundMe Page: www.gofundme.com/f/shineonisaiah Amazon Wish List: amzn.to/2CYCJIR Email Natasha at n.robinson8@gmail.com For more stories of Black motherhood in all its shades, visit matermea.com or follow us on Instagram (instagram.com/matermea) and Facebook (facebook.com/matermea).
