I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm g — Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
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I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm getting back up. I'm not leaving. And I'm the mom God ordained for these fours souls, and therefore I am their best mom.

— Gillian Marchenko, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
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