Watching Your Child Struggle With Mental Illness is Pure Agony
I wish my son had a stomach virus. That’s all I could think of as we sat in the waiting…
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I wish my son had a stomach virus. That’s all I could think of as we sat in the waiting…
Continue Reading"But you're such a good mom." The words took my breath away. I was with a few moms outside my…
Continue ReadingI couldn’t sleep. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I shook like I drank a week's worth…
Continue ReadingMy mother is bipolar. Not as a punchline to a joke, but genuinely, medically diagnosed as bipolar. She has been…
Continue ReadingWhen I first experienced depression, I didn't understand what was going on. I knew I was sad, but I didn't…
Continue ReadingMy mental illness doesn't care that I have things to get done today. Dishes that need to be washed. Clothes…
Continue ReadingAn open letter to the silent victims of my depression and anxiety: my kids and husband. I know my anxiety…
Continue ReadingEditor's note: this post discusses suicide. Normal is a goal we always seemed to reach for. It was something we…
Continue ReadingI've had a lot of people say to me, "I can't believe you stayed." Of course this was in reference…
Continue ReadingFor years, I have seen a quote floating around social media. Shared over and over and over again. A post…
Continue ReadingFor the longest time, I didn’t know what anxiety was. I thought everyone felt this way. I assumed everyone overthought…
Continue ReadingI knew motherhood was never going to be easy. I knew the newborn days were going to be exhausting. I…
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