Today's blogger is my dear friend, Terri Amos. She has some insightful words of honesty and wisdom to share with you. They're exactly what many hurting parents like us need to...
Schizophrenia. Have you wondered if this could be what's wrong with your son or daughter, or have they already been diagnosed? Maybe you weren't surprised, but either way, it...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. All month I will be posting blogs on this topic. If your son or daughter has been diagnosed with a mental health issue you need all the...
Marriages and families are victims of addiction we often overlook. Mom, you got another phone call from the police or an EMT. Dad, the arrests and forced time in mental wards...
I'm the mother of a daughter, now 29, who has struggled with addictions, mental health issues, suicidal tendencies and self-injury that began when she was 12. It's been a long,...
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 23.5 million persons aged 12 or older needed...
Today's blog was written by author, speaker, Carol Kent. If your son or daughter is in prison,then this is for you. If not, you may know someone who does. Please share it....
Our door bell rang unexpectedly late one afternoon last week. Tom, my husband, went to see who it was and there stood the UPS man with a rather heavy box. To my surprise, it was...
To Write Love on Her Arms started 10 years ago today - six days after the rescue. Out of the dark of hopelessness love turned on the lights - in my daughter 's life and in mine....
Sometimes the things we go through with our children bring us to a place of so much pain, it feels as though they died. Drugs, alcohol, mental illness, self-injury, eating...
Today's post concludes a 3 part series of truth statements for parents with broken hearts. Altogether I've shared 15 with you. I turn to these statements for comfort and strength...
My last blog post covered the first 3 items on my list of truth statements for parents who are in pain. Their pain is the result of the behaviors, choices and struggles of their...