Most parents remember Linda Blair as the child actress whose portrayal of Regan, a demon-possessed child, in the movie, The Exorcist. It was a stunning…
Read MoreAll Her Consequences Were on the Inside
Addiction runs in my family, but not close enough for me to worry about it for our daughters. I’d heard stories about my great-grandfather and…
Read MoreI’m Just So Sad
So I’ve been at this “parenting through addiction” stuff long enough that I really do understand that we’re in a marathon of a race here….
Read MoreGrieving the Loss of Our Dreams
One of the hardest parts of parenting through addiction is imaging how “normal” everyone else’s family’s life looks – thanks to social media. I see…
Read MoreOne Size Does Not Fit All
In life, I’m not a particularly controlling person. I don’t tend to believe that there is only one way to do things, but somehow, with…
Read MoreGetting Away
We finally did it. We got away for a weekend. Just the two of us. It is hard to describe how big an accomplishment that…
Read MoreInner Circles
In our parent support group, we were taught about the concentric circles of the people in our lives who asked questions and expressed interest in…
Read MoreProvidential Moments
I don’t like to visit with other passengers when I travel. Although I am quite extroverted, there is something about air travel that brings out…
Read MoreBut What if the “Bottom” is the Bottom of a Casket?!
Conventional wisdom is a tricky thing. We know it’s conventional because, at least at some point, it proved to be true for lots of people…
Read MoreHaving Patience with Denial
They TELL me that denial is a less pathological form of a delusion – like when the guy on the subway looks at me and…
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