Enough: Tales from the Crib & Beyond

by Kevin Ramos

Some wounds don't heal, but the scars left behind can be beautiful and funny. Enough is the recollections of a man struggling to understand his Love/Hate/Oye Vey relationship with his addict mother, and why he can't seem to remember where she's buried. After a lifetime of abuse and neglect, a man chooses to spend the last two weeks of his mother's life in a hospital with her--mostly to comfort her fears and to make sure she is never coming back. Death comes and takes her, leaving him alone, scared, and living a life without meaning. The sole heir of the family goods--disease, addiction, and alcoholism--leaves him broken, plunging downhill on an emotional rollercoaster. In his search for understanding, he uses his past life follies to inform his present-day self of change; thereby, achieving recovery. A work-in-progress, a reward within itself, provides him with the knowledge he will prevail.

35 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 5, 2020

Reviews

[Melissa Riddell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. This is a painful and honest survivor’s account of living with an abusive, manipulative mother. It’ll make you laugh and cry. It’s a well-written and fresh look at how a survivor tries to cope with their demons—especially when those demons are the ones they love.