
I Went Off My Medication…and I’m Not Doing Well
I finally went off my medication after months of wanting to wean. I have longed to be free from the medication, but I don’t know if I can make it.
I finally went off my medication after months of wanting to wean. I have longed to be free from the medication, but I don’t know if I can make it.
My father is an abusive alcoholic. I am determined to ensure that my children have a completely different childhood from the one I had.
When I decided against redshirting my four-year-old, he had a lot of growing up to do, and he had trouble adjusting to the regimen of school.
Even with sensory processing disorder, my son is mostly a typically weird and weirdly typical kid. Except for food. It might be his kryptonite.
Mid-divorce or post-divorce life with your ex doesn’t have to be ugly. This May, as I married my husband, my ex was had a front row seat.
Every new parent goes through that phase when marriage inadvertently crawls to sulk in a dark corner of the basement, hidden by cobwebs, grieving alone.
Putting on that bathing suit was a BIG deal for me and my girls’ reactions made an impact. What they think matters more than anything.
I graduated high school with a ton of bad advice on establishing a credit rating and almost no concept of financial planning beyond “How to Operate a Savings Account.” I don’t want my kids to do that.
There is a height chart on the wall reminding me that I didn’t do the “parenting thing” I planned to do.
I stood among the rubble after a particularly bad explosion and screamed in my head, “HOW MUCH LONGER DO I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS?”