Parenting a Child With Invisible Special Needs is Hard, Too
As new parents frequently lament, kids don’t come with manuals. Parenting is very much a learn-as-you-go gig. One of the…
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As new parents frequently lament, kids don’t come with manuals. Parenting is very much a learn-as-you-go gig. One of the…
Continue ReadingI’ve been pregnant with anorexia before. This isn’t my first rodeo. Almost three years ago, I was pregnant with my…
Continue ReadingDivorce is not God’s Plan A. How can it be? It violently tears apart two people God himself knit together.…
Continue ReadingThere has been a lot of news coverage about us lately. Everyone is talking about us. Everyone is putting us…
Continue ReadingMy dearest children, I know you see me. I know that you see Mommy take her medication every morning. You…
Continue ReadingDear two-years-ago self, Hi there, it’s me. Well, you. It’s us. Hi. I want to tell you a few things…
Continue ReadingWhen the depression storm comes, it wants to be known. It doesn't just cause a little wind and rain. Oh…
Continue ReadingI held a funeral for my husband, but I was the only one there. It was 2012, and I watched…
Continue ReadingAs a clinical psychologist, I see a lot of kids (and adults for that matter) get “stuck”. Through experiences, the…
Continue ReadingHe sat in the brown leather armchair, bronze buttons outlining the seams. He stared at me over his oversized glasses as…
Continue Reading“Mom, I’m four.” I paused with the sandwich meat in my hand just long enough to give my 15-year-old daughter…
Continue ReadingThis is my real face. I am happy. I am probably—to some people—so annoyingly happy. I have everything I could…
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