“I knew she had been stressed out, but she had hidden the severity of what she was dealing with and I had no idea she was in trouble. She didn’t want to die, she just wanted everything to stop.”
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The Magical Shining Sink
The last few weeks have been chaos… There are so many things I cannot control in my life, choices made by the people I love being at the top of the list. Today, as I sat with work and school piled up around me, I could not concentrate on anything I really needed to do. …
Family Du Jour
Until today, the term “du jour” always meant “of the day”. Like the “Soup Du Jour”…mmm…I could really go for Panera’s Broccoli Cheese soup right now!!! It’s amazing and just thick enough to stick to your bread with all its cheesy awesomeness having a party in your mouth…but I digress. Today I learned a new…
The Lonely Art of Parenting Teens- A Mother’s Day Tribute
At that moment of clarity, I could never have imagined what was in store for me or my family in the coming months. But in that moment, I gained emotional maturity that would carry me through… Recently, I was sitting at breakfast with my 16-year-old, who will remain nameless lest I embarrass her and…