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A Good Goal and A Practical Tip When Your Child Has a Mental Illness
If you’re the parent of a child who suffers with a mental illness you may be like me, you struggle to know what to say on their bad days. When you look back – even to yesterday – you realize you’ve said the wrong thing, a lot. Why is this important? Does it really matter? What are those things we should never say and what can we say instead? In this blog a mom who’s blown it many times shares what she learned. It might help you the next time you’re tempted to say something you’ll regret later. It could make a difference for the future of your relationship. And that matters. A lot.
Parents of Wayward Children and Memorial Day
Memories. They can be wonderful. They can be terrible. Tomorrow is Memorial day. A day to remember. We will pause as Americans to remember and give thanks for all who now...
Parents in Pain Need to Forgive
Forgiveness. For parents walking the path of having a difficult child this is part of the journey. If your child is causing you a lot of heartache and pain forgiveness doesn't...
When Mother’s Day Hurts
Tomorrow is Mother's Day. A special day of joy for many moms, but a sad day of emotional pain for many others. If your child is causing you a lot of heartache and pain due to...
What do Parents in Pain Need?
Last night was the first night of the Florida Film Festival and Renee the movie(which is about my daughter) was the opening feature film. You can find out more about it and watch...
Easter’sTruths For Hurting Parents
When I am in deep emotional and psychological pain I need something solid to hold onto. The things I have been through with my daughter have brought me the deepest pain of my...
Whitney Houston’s death is a message to Parents
Whitney Houston's death was such tragic news. I just loved her voice. Oh my, could she ever belt out a song and make it memorable! While I know no one really knows what...
If you are reading this you are probably dealing with some kind of destructive behaviors or at least very painful situations with your son or daughter, or maybe a grandchild. ...
My God Box – a picture of mine!
This is a picture of my God Box, the one that I made for my personal use. I couldn't get it to upload when I posted my blog last night, but I finally had success! It was a good...
My God Box – Helping Parents deal with Difficult Emotions
Ok, so in my last post I told you about the idea of a "God Box". This is not original. I heard about it in an Al-Anon meeting and it was very impactful for me. This is a great...
Parents in Pain and The Biggest Loser
I really like the TV program The Biggest Loser. I find it very inspirational to see people make so many changes in their lives. They have to face their core issues and work...
Hurricane Irene and Losses in Parenting
Hurricane Irene wreaked great damage, loss of property and lives last week. Since I live in central Florida and having grown up in Miami, I am only too familiar with what...
Earthquakes in your parenting? Do not fear!
The earthquake this past week on the eastern coast of the U.S. struck fear in the hearts of many people. No way! How could this happen? What next? So many emotions similar to...