Mom Me... Soaring Through The Pain

About the Book

On September 18, 2012 my beloved Mother Esther M. Auguste’ succumbed to her private 10 year battle with diabetes and cancer. My previously normal world crashed head on into a surreal deep dark twilight zone pit of 24/7 emotional anguish. Writing through the pain is gradually helping me to resuscitate myself emotionally. The following collection of poems represents the multi layered emotions that I experienced throughout her long illness and eventual death. This book is dedicated to her undying memory and incredible legacy. Contributions will be sent to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the American Cancer Society (ACS).

About the Author

Valerie Auguste’-Partin is an Entertainment Writer and author at G. Banks Entertainment. She is the author of Eye was Blind and Eye Was Blind….. Now Eye See. Her poetry book Mom Me: Soaring Through The Pain was written in memory of her beloved mother Esther M. Auguste’. Writing through the pain of losing her mother to diabetes and cancer has been therapeutic for her. “You never get over the death of your mother, you just learn how to live with it.” Hopefully these poignant and emotionally moving poems will help others who are affected by the loss of a parent to a terminal illness.