PARENTING ADVICE

My Roaches Are My Children

Why Elizabeth and I chose to adopt

Hewlett Patterson Linkwater
Sweary Mommy
Published in
4 min readJun 25, 2022

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Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash (All Other Images by Erik Karits on Unsplash Edited by the Author)

Elizabeth had her heart set on buying a Madagascar hissing cockroach from a breeder in Pennsylvania. I couldn’t bring myself to do this. Why buy when there are so many neglected insects in desperate need of a forever home?

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Anti-psychotic drug enthusiast. Author of “Channeling Hypomania in Aruba” and other stories. Creator of the Blackborow Station Podcast.