April 23, 2021
What is the rock hanging over your head that threatens to crush you? I think if most of us are honest we all can name one rock, maybe many. This is especially relevant in the life of someone fighting an Read more…
April 9, 2021
By far the most heartbreaking thing for me in trying to help my daughter overcome her anxiety, anorexia, and addiction was the mental anguish I know it caused her. In one statement, it all beat her down. One of the Read more…
March 26, 2021
Recently my elderly mom took a little fall. That one mishap triggered a whole series of events, people, surgeries, long stays at rehabilitation, and events due to the surgery itself. For those of us around her that love her, it Read more…
March 19, 2021
It seems that more times than not many of the posts here on We Chose Love focus on addiction. The reality is that there are often many reasons addiction can happen, a common one is mental health issues. Research demonstrates Read more…
March 5, 2021
This is one of my favorite images of our family. For me, it depicts the family I believed and longed for us to be. Not perfectly because nothing in this world is perfect, including people. But, I think I am Read more…
February 19, 2021
When you have lost someone, you love deeply pain ebbs and flows. The past few weeks have been particularly painful. I am reminded of how much I miss my daughter. While talking through some of that I said to my Read more…
February 14, 2021
I am deeply saddened by the news that Laura Berman and Samuel Chapman lost their son on Sunday, February 7th, 2021 to a fentanyl-laced “Xanax” overdose. What that means is that that pill was probably manufactured in some basement somewhere Read more…
February 7, 2021
I recently watched a trailer for a new movie called “Body Brokers”. Other than seeing the trailer I know nothing about the movie except that it is heartbreaking and appalling. It is based on true events, whatever that means, and Read more…
January 31, 2021
I have mentioned before that this year has been the hardest of the 3 years, 6 months, 25 days since I lost my daughter to a carfentanyl laced heroin overdose. Many times I catch myself whispering the words “I miss Read more…
January 22, 2021
Within the name of this weeks post is perhaps the single most important word in the fight to influence your loved one toward overcoming a severe addiction or navigate a chronic mental health issue, “relationship”. Whenever I think of the Read more…
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