June 12, 2020
This week I had three conversations with families who are facing the struggle of someone caught up in or heading toward addiction. The stories in some ways are similar, but they’re not, they are not because they are stories of Read more…
June 5, 2020
At the end of today’s post I list several books on addiction and mental health. Some of these books have titles that speak deeply into what drives addiction and what it feels like. One of the most meaningful concepts emerging Read more…
May 22, 2020
This week I read a post from a first-time mom. Her situation is unique because she is a foster mom. In her post she talked about the ambivalence (see last weeks post) of being a mom. A cool thing she Read more…
May 15, 2020
The other day I received one of those notifications on FaceBook that remind us of posts we made in the past. They were about Lauren 6 years ago. I remember that day, we laughed quite a bit over these images. Read more…
May 1, 2020
The other day I learned of a family whose lives have been ravaged by the coronavirus. The husband works in an environment that is high risk and contracted the virus despite proper safety protocol. Clearly, without his knowledge he brought Read more…
April 17, 2020
One of the things that reminds me most of my daughter Lauren is when I see little kids at what I call “the age of wonder”. It is a time that their lives are filled with innocence, wonder, happiness and Read more…
April 3, 2020
Crisis, that’s a word that we quickly become familiar with when someone we love is trapped in addiction or living with a mental health issue. There is always crisis. Sometimes they may seem insignificant to us but to our loved Read more…
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…
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