March 29, 2019
This past week my wife and I did one of the hardest things we have ever done. We began the process of dismantling our daughters’ room. Surprisingly, the biggest and most difficult piece to take down, both physically and emotionally, Read more…
March 22, 2019
Lauren had a favorite nickname, “LaLa”. It is the name she preferred that people call her by, her closest friends always did. I most always referred to Lauren by her given name. In my mind I was worried that her Read more…
March 15, 2019
Last week I ran head long into three difficult stories in the fight to recovery. One story was a young person who is making the transition from a protected (all activities are supervised and monitored) recovery environment to life back Read more…
March 8, 2019
Hi Dad! That’s the way my daughter always greeted me, and she would say it with a certain, sweet cadence in her voice, it always made me smile. More and more when I look at images of Lauren I am Read more…
March 1, 2019
One of the hardest things to understand about someone that is addicted is that amidst all the hurt and pain, they really do, desperately, need you. The journey of grief is different for all of us. It is something that Read more…
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