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Day: September 15, 2025

After My Mother Died ~ Joel Ying

After My Mother Died ~ Joel Ying

Posted on September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

The year after my mother diedWas filled with angerSleepless nightsGetting upAnd walking through my dayWhere the best and worst thingThat I could do was forgetEven for a momentThe second year after my mother diedWas filled with angerAnd joyThinking ofThe way that she would laugh beforeHer own punchlinesCross her legs and say“I have to pee!”And laugh …Read More

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