To the Mother Fighting For Her Mental Health: Keep Going, Your Babies Need You
Suicide. Depression. Anxiety. Anger. Sadness. Fatigue. These were common themes of my childhood. My paternal grandma committed suicide three years…
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Suicide. Depression. Anxiety. Anger. Sadness. Fatigue. These were common themes of my childhood. My paternal grandma committed suicide three years…
Continue ReadingOne afternoon I sat, gently swaying and patting my son’s back, after nursing him. I allowed my hand to rest…
Continue ReadingI was sitting in the hallway, leaning against the stair railing, and staring down the hall towards my kids’ rooms.…
Continue ReadingI wouldn't be a mother without modern medicine. This has a different meaning for me than you might be guessing.…
Continue ReadingPostpartum anxiety: a different spin on what I thought I was dealing with (postpartum depression). After the birth of my…
Continue ReadingThere’s an old hymn I sing when I rock my babies to sleep. I sang it during my deepest depression…
Continue ReadingThe nurse handed me a piece of paper with questions I had been dreading to answer. I put on my…
Continue Reading"But you're such a good mom." The words took my breath away. I was with a few moms outside my…
Continue ReadingThere’s a common saying making its way around social media—kids don’t need a perfect mom, they need a happy one.…
Continue Reading“Have you been depressed or thought of suicide?” The question rolled off the doctor’s tongue, and I smiled and shook…
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