May 3, 2019
One of the worst days we experienced while trying to help Lauren as she struggled with mental health issues and eventually addiction was the day we learned that LaLa was addicted to heroin. That day started like any other Sunday Read more…
April 26, 2019
There is no other picture of Lauren and I that invokes more memories and emotion for me than the one at the right. It was taken in the nursery of our church on a Sunday night. I love it because Read more…
April 19, 2019
Since my daughter passed away, I appreciate seeing little children with their moms and dads. I see their eyes filled with hope, their minds eager to discover and learn, and realize so much wonder lies ahead for them in life. Read more…
April 12, 2019
The other day I happened to drive by a house in our neighborhood. I remember when this particular house was built. The day I was driving by the mom was sitting on the front porch with her daughter. A few Read more…
April 5, 2019
One of the most important elements in recovery is a surprise to most people. In his book “Chasing the Scream” Johann Hari makes this powerful statement “The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It’s connection.” Wow, that is profound but Read more…
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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