Today is supposed to be a writing day. Since I don’t have any paying assignments at the moment, I’m working on my ebook about writing for the corporate world. Or at least I should be. But my heart hurts this…
I try to be open and honest on here without resorting to whining, but today I’m feeling kind of whiny. Monday, The Challenging One called me from school wanting me to pick him up because his head, tummy and throat…
Last week, I overheard a conversation that still bothers me. The mom of another oppositional child was complaining about people’s reaction to her son. In the interest of not being hypocritical, I can get pretty bent out of shape when…
The biggest blessing I’ve received from this blog is connecting with other parents who live my life. Parenting a child with mental/emotional/mood problems is extremely isolating. Your child can act like an unleashed demon and is completely impervious to normal…
As moms, we often find ourselves proud of the strangest things. Like our baby’s ability to get a spoon to his mouth with some food still on it. Or our toddler’s first poop in the potty. This is one of…
I knew it couldn’t last…that the miracle child we’ve been living with the past few weeks wouldn’t stay forever. That some internal shift or external stressor would give the kaleidoscope of his thoughts and emotions yet another twist. So why…
That song is from the soundtrack of my Catholic childhood. I can still hear our music teacher singing it, and I picture her just as she was 35 (ahem…maybe 40?) years ago. And then I start feeling contemplative because that’s…
Today, I see my son for who he really is. After years of emotional instability and weeks of outright belligerence, followed by days of sobbing and being tormented by obsessive thoughts of blindness and death, I see the boy I’ve…
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