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8/16/2014

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34 years. 34! I don't think about her everyday or even every week. But her death and the loss of her is a constant presence. It has contributed to what my life is and what it is not.

Robin Williams hangs himself. The whole world is shocked and saddened. Her whole world was shocked and saddened. Todd Bridges says it was a selfish act.

It is the ultimate selfish act. What leads to it is a deep, dark, horrifying, cloying depression. But succumbing means no one else matters enough. Isn't that the definition of selfish? Children, parents, siblings, spouses, loved ones, friends, acquaintances, fans, projects, life; left behind to suffer and mourn. To wonder why they weren't enough, why they couldn't stop the downward spiral.

She was 34 and it's been 34 years. Time heals all wounds. I'm still waiting.


PHOTO: Mama Lee Rotten aka Kathy (Johnson) Brooks and her sister Penny (Johnson) Fenton, 1956 or 57
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    Kathy Brooks aka
    Mama Lee Rotten

    I am a writer living in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. I enjoy thrift shopping, working in the garden, singing karaoke and spending time with my children and grandchildren. I have only recently started writing, and one of my poems, "Song 4 You" has already been adapted to music by my son, David Lee Rotten (of Naked Highway), and will be released in early 2015 on his debut solo album/video project Bound.  

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