It is no secret that addiction is ravaging families and communities across the country and Fall River certainly isn’t immune. What we often don’t get to see or hear is the family behind addiction. Looking beyond the man or woman who lost their battle. A Fall River mother is pulling back the veil.
In a GoFundMe fundraiser, Edna Beland, Christopher Beland’s mother, described the emotions she is going through and letting the public know that her son was more than addiction.
“Writing this is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. No parent should ever have to bury their child but here I am, saying goodbye to my baby boy…