Throughout her addiction, Jillian wrote extensively about how she just wanted to be herself again. In a letter written in the last month of her life entitled “Who Am I”, she wanted to use her skills as a cosmetologist to help people like themselves—a feeling that eluded her. Annmarie talks about the struggles her daughter faced during the 15 years in her addiction before she died of an accidently overdose at 31. During the last year of her life, Annmarie said she knew in her heart that her daughter wasn’t going to make it. Annmarie now spends time helping others in her daughter’s name and recently donated 40 blankets to the homeless in Kensington, PA.

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