My Journal
Becoming Like Your Parents: The Day I Became My Mother
I spent years blaming my mother for being controlling. Then, at nineteen years old, I accidentally became a parent—and started sounding exactly like her.I think I really did become my mother.My mother used to say something to me when I was a kid. One day, she...
Did Our Parents Love Us—or the Person They Thought We Were?
What happens when the child your parents believe they’re raising isn’t exactly the person you’re becoming?My mother loved me. Let’s get that out of the way immediately. I knew she loved me when I was a child. I knew she loved me when I was a teenager. And despite...
Suicide, Depression, Social Media, and Starting Over
What if the lowest point in your life became the beginning of your greatest personal transformation?That question is really where How I Killed My Mother begins. Not with my mother. Not even with death. It begins with depression. It begins with social media. And it...
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Jon-David – Author, Podcaster, Hairdresser
