I Resisted Seeing a Therapist When It Was Actually Just What I Needed
He sat in the brown leather armchair, bronze buttons outlining the seams. He stared at me over his oversized glasses as…
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He sat in the brown leather armchair, bronze buttons outlining the seams. He stared at me over his oversized glasses as…
Continue ReadingThe first time I tried to kill myself, I was eight years old. The incessant bullying everywhere I turned literally…
Continue ReadingI almost missed my daughter’s first summer. I mean, I was with her—as in, at home together—but somehow in my…
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 Reading“You’re going to be just fine,” my husband reassures me as he reaches across the center console and takes hold…
Continue ReadingSelf-care is the modern mom's mantra. It's the buzz word in parenting groups. We slap a hashtag on it and…
Continue ReadingI remember spending countless family dinners gathered around my grandma's kitchen table with cousins, aunts and uncles, and my grandma…
Continue ReadingI'm talking heart racing, break out in sweat, can't breath, dissolve into tears, certain-of-death anxiety that begins days before even…
Continue ReadingI reach this point with my darling children more often than I should probably admit. Most times, it strikes out…
Continue ReadingI'm so tired of trying so hard. "Hey honey, why don't you come and just sit down and relax a…
Continue ReadingI felt alone. With a new baby. Four kids under six. New town, new church, and I had quit my…
Continue ReadingI rarely put my daughter to bed. My husband doesn’t mind, he says. He enjoys getting the final snuggles before…
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