August 7, 2020
Last week an old friend of mine asked an especially important question. She asked: “How do you continue to love the addict while, at the same time, setting boundaries so that you don’t end up enabling them or being destroyed Read more…
July 31, 2020
I received a few very encouraging notes this week from different people. I was grateful, they arrived at just the right moment. One of them highlighted a truth regarding the philosophy of We Chose Love. It is not easily received Read more…
July 24, 2020
“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. It’s connection. It’s all I can offer. It’s all that will help him in the end. If you are alone, you cannot escape addiction. If you are loved, you have a chance. For a Read more…
July 10, 2020
This past weekend I heard three heartbreaking stories of three people I do not know. Two of them reached notable accomplishments in the world of social media on a platform called “twitch”. Twitch is a social media platform that gained Read more…
July 3, 2020
This weekend marks several important events in my life and in the country in which I live, the United States of America. Tomorrow marks our Day of Independence, a very important day in the history of our country. John Adams Read more…
June 19, 2020
There are so many fond memories I have of our family and of course Lauren. LaLa ( a nickname Lauren got from a cousin who could not pronounce her name) and her brother Evan always loved playing on the hill Read more…
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…
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