#ConnectBetter on National Friendship Day
I was given the opportunity to send a beautiful bouquet of flowers to a friend (and myself) from FTD. All [Continue Reading]
Help your spouse lose her father…
My dad is dying. I heard those words ringing in my head, in my own voice, though I’d only just [Continue Reading]
Midgets play sports?
And with those words, I sat back at my computer. My breathing slowed, stuck in my throat. My heart sank, [Continue Reading]
Fatherless Daughters: the 18th year
I want the 21st of April to come and go… for those 24 hours to somehow be less. To get [Continue Reading]
There are no rules to date my daughter.
There are no rules to date my daughter. I don’t need you to have rules. She (they) has… or will [Continue Reading]
Winter #52WeeksA4A
Gaily screaming through the yard, Children play and laugh. Without a plan and not a care Their tiny voices fill [Continue Reading]
#DwarfismPride
Instilling pride in oneself at the age of 3 is easy (hello threenager), but pride in a disability (yes, it’s [Continue Reading]
You did nothing wrong: An Open Letter to You.
Dear mothers and fathers, You did nothing wrong. Depression is not your fault. Your child’s depression is not your fault. [Continue Reading]
#52WeeksA4A week 32 Music
Music has always been in my life. From the time I was born, my parents made up songs for us [Continue Reading]
Loss and Motherhood
Loss in motherhood is much different than when you’re a child. I know this because I had a lot of [Continue Reading]