Hi everyone, I'm Jackie Schimmel, writer and creator of Blog and Podcast The Bitch Bible.

I've taken a few weeks off.

This is really awkward and sucks to say, but I'm going to just try to keep this brief.

This is not a PSA.

It's just life.

I've never been one to shy away from the brutal truth.

I've taken some time off because my beautiful mother passed shockingly and tragically.

I'm mad, I'm confused, I'm heartbroken, I'm also skinny as fuck.

Turns out my digestive system doesn't agree with grief and I'm just, my thigap has never

been bigger.

My mother was beautiful, selfless, free spirited generous and had the best sense of humor.

We lost a great bitch.

Mental illness has such shame and stigma surrounding it that it isn't talked about or

taken as seriously as other conditions, easily diagnosed and visual.

I know I joke a lot about various lifestyle choices, but misuse or mispiscriving medications

is incredibly dangerous and it's very life threatening.

People will say where there's smoke, there's fire, everything happens for a reason, there's

always cries for help or tell me that God has a plan.

Those people can go fuck themselves.

There was no reason, no warning signs and no intent for this to happen.

It's been two and a half weeks and laughter is the best medicine.

Oi, so cliche.

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