The Diseased Tree And Me

About the Book

This book of poems will take you through many stages of my life. I’ll share some of my childhood memories, which unfortunately were not usually happy. I grew up as part of a diseased family tree (my Father was an Alcoholic) and to this day I suffer the affects of that experience. I’ll then share what it was like to raise children. I was so afraid that I had not been provided the tools necessary to raise a healthy and well balanced child. I was always looking for literature on how to be a better parent. I will share with you some of my losses, some of my hopes and some of my dreams. Relationships are a big part of this book and I hope that you can relate to one or more of my personal experiences. Let me explain the Title to you. My Father was a drinker up until I was ten years old. They say that drinkers have a disease. The tree is symbolic for my Alcoholic Father. The tree is not diseased and does not look diseased, but Alcoholics don´t always look like Alcoholics. I wanted to share with you the effects that this disease can have on lives. In all my growing up years I felt like a victim, but now I feel like a survivor. I survived my childhood, raising kids, divorce, losing loved ones, losing a home, having suicidial thoughts, being depressed, being druged and raped on a date and now being over 50. I hope to be a survivor of retirement and I hope to live to the ripe old age of 99.

About the Author

This book of poems has thirteen chapters (lucky 13) and 76 poems ( I married in 76). The poems all relate to my life experiences. I was born in 1957 in New York. I lived in Southern California for 15 years. I now reside in Florida with my Husband and our dog named Shadow. Our youngest daughter and her dog recently came to live with us. Our daughter is in recovery and she is rebuilding her life. We have raised three daughters and we are now blessed with three grandchildren A fourth grandchild will arrive at the end of this year.