November 23, 2018
Yesterday morning, Thanksgiving Day, my son offered to give some friends a ride to the airport. It was a nice thing to do especially because he had to get up at 4AM to make it happen. I had to be Read more…
November 16, 2018
As a recovery coach I work with a few families to help them navigate the rough road of loving someone with an addiction. Lately, a couple of families I’ve encountered have had to make some very hard decisions regarding their Read more…
November 9, 2018
Several weeks before Lauren passed away, maybe a little longer, she started to reach out to a few girls that were old time friends. These were friends she had in high school. None were connected to the issues that had Read more…
November 2, 2018
As Our family is heading into the Holiday season I have been a little caught off guard by my expectation. For us, Christmas was always a time of great fun and plenty of celebration. As a child growing up my Read more…
October 26, 2018
This past week I had the opportunity to speak at a very special event. It was the Arnold Markle Symposium at the Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven in CT. It was a gathering Read more…
October 19, 2018
As I write this it is 468 days, 1 hour, and 7 mins since I received the worse phone call of my life. Through tears she screamed “Lauren is dead”. Those words hit me like nothing I had ever experienced Read more…
October 11, 2018
One of the things that gripped me when we began to understand the magnitude of Laurens struggle with anxiety and anorexia was how it impacted our whole family. I remember whispering to God, “God if this is what families in Read more…
October 5, 2018
I am sorry honey, there is nothing I can do. This week’s image is from one of my favorite pictorialist photographers. His name is Henry Peach Robinson and he was a strong proponent of composite photography, long before there was Read more…
September 28, 2018
I remember with startling clarity the feeling of relief that would slowly flow over me when Lauren went to a residential treatment program. It provided an array of feelings and thoughts. The momentary restbite from the constant chaos, turmoil and Read more…
September 21, 2018
“No Mom, you don’t understand, my mind is going a million miles an hour in a million different directions and I can’t stop it.” That is what Lauren said to her mom after Nereida had told her how well she Read more…
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