March 20, 2020
The other day I glanced at the picture of my daughter to the right. I was reminded of how her loss still makes absolutely no sense to me. It was pointless and did not have to happen …. But it Read more…
March 6, 2020
A few days after my daughter Lauren passed away I started reading a book entitled Terry: My Daughters Life-Long Struggle With Alcoholism . It is George McGovern’s passionate memoir of his daughter’s life as seen through the lens of her Read more…
February 29, 2020
When you stand at the end of a long battle with addiction or mental health that did not gain the outcome you hoped for there are two questions that loom large: Why, simply trying to answer why did this happen? Read more…
February 21, 2020
Yesterday was our daughter Lauren’s 25th Birthday. This is the 3rd birthday we have celebrated with her in heaven. That last sentence is something that brings all of us: my wife, Evan and myself, lots of comfort and encouragement. I Read more…
January 13, 2020
The past week I have been thinking a lot about all the great times our family got to enjoy with Lauren. I was reminded that life is not a guarantee. Some of us get to enjoy loved ones in our Read more…
November 28, 2019
A famous motivational speaker named Zig Ziglar once said this “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” Science Read more…
October 4, 2019
Lauren attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting the night we got home. Eventually I learned she bought heroin at that meeting. Lauren’s pained words still echo in my mind, “…repeating this cycle of saying, ‘I’m going to stop using’ and the very next day, or even hours later, doing that drug.”
September 27, 2019
On July 6, 2017, as I walked beside my daughter for the final time, the strangest thought hit my mind. I stood with her as she entered the world, breach and in crisis. Her doctor had once said, “That’s my Read more…
September 20, 2019
One of the things I often wonder and struggle with is why I should say anything to anyone about addiction and trying to help your loved one. Sadly, my daughter died of a fentanyl and car-fentanyl laced heroin overdose. What Read more…
August 30, 2019
A father holds his little girl for the first time. Instantly his heart is owned by her. He wants to cherish her, protect her, and fill her life with only joy. Soon she grows, she courageously walked, then ran, then Read more…
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