Tainted Orange Juice

How a seven-year-old boy survived his mother’s mental illness

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I’m certain that the typical American child doesn’t need a food taster for family meals. My family was anything but typical. Mommy had usually prepared a healthy serving of oatmeal or scrambled eggs for my younger siblings and me. And this was served with a wholesome, unadulterated glass of orange juice. But when she was…