Addiction is an illness that rocks families everyday. For the majority of my life, it has rocked mine. I married and loved an addict. I just didn't know that's what he was until I was already drowning in the consequences. All his secrets and the omissions were everywhere and each discovery was heavy with shame.… Continue reading Street
Tag: Motherhood
Sunshine
Belated as always. 🙂 Dear A, This year has had your mama stretched across the spectrum of human emotions watching you navigate life. You were the one who taught me a heart expands infinitely. You have bloomed this year. You always managed to wind around and up in life, but during this season of being… Continue reading Sunshine
Mirror
Every year, although sometimes belated, I sit down and write a love letter to my daughters for their birthday. This year I have started and stopped on these teens' letters so many times. Teens are hard to capture. They change-- their looks, their problems, their habits, their friends, their interests, their challenges, their moods-- in… Continue reading Mirror
Love, Mom 