icarus: greek mythology the son of Daedalus who, in escaping from Crete on artificial wings made for him by his father, flew so close to the sun that the wax with which his wings were fastened melted, and he fell into the Aegean Sea.
so. only a day and a half of high school left. i haven't started studying for my provincial exams. my parents are away; my mother is in nanaimo in after-care, my brother is in montreal & my dad is in buffalo for business. i'm alone and i really like it. i like the feeling that i have the place to myself. i can walk around naked, i can listen to my
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i used to think my life was bad because my mother was an alcoholic. i used to think that it was me that had the problem, simply because it was a constant. my psychologist has helped me realize that my mother is not my life. her drinking is not my life. the fights and the tears are not my life. it's a part of my life, yes. but it's not mine
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