May is Mental Health Awareness Month, therefore my blogs will be focusing on these issues. Ten years ago when my daughter was first diagnosed with a mental health issue, I knew...
Helping Parents Understand Borderline Personality Disorder
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Hope for Sad Parents on Easter
Easter isn't a happy day for many parents. It brings a heavy weight of sadness when a child is struggling or has withdrawn, not wanting any contact. They may not even know where...
Bipolar Diagnosis for Your Child? This Book Will Help!
Do you have a son or daughter who has been given the mental health diagnosis of bipolar? Was it hard for you to believe it could be true? Did you wonder what this would mean for...
A Source of Help for Parents in Pain
Are you a parent in pain? Have the destructive choices and behaviors of your son or daughter left you an emotional wreck? Is their struggle with mental illness pushing you to the...
When a Parent Doesn’t Like their Child
Parents love their sons and daughters regardless of their behavior. From the day they were born we were smitten. As we watched them grow up our love for them grew stronger and...
What’s the Cure For a Parent’s Insanity?
Are you a mom or dad who feels like you're going crazy? Our child's destructive behaviors and unwise choices can bring us to the place of thinking we're losing our mind. It's...
Great Book to Help Hurting Parents Pray
Have you ever felt like you didn't know how to pray for your child? Have you experienced sleepless nights and tortuous days that left you at a loss to know what to ask God for?...
The Three A’s of Difficult Parenting
Have you wondered what to do about your son or daughter? Are they driving you crazy with their behaviors and choices? Do you feel like you're always off-balance trying to keep up...
8 Things You Can Do to Guard Your Marriage in Times of Crisis
Crisis of any kind can put a marriage at risk. It is a treasure that must be carefully guarded.Crisis comes to parents in many forms. Our biggest one was when our daughter began...
A Mother’s Message to Governor Creigh Deeds
Governor Deeds, I want to tell you I am so sorry about the tragedy you experienced. My heart aches for you. I cannot imagine your pain. As the mother of an adult daughter who...
Five Things I Learned About Parenting From Cooking
Are you a parent who wishes there was a fail-proof formula for raising children that would guarantee the results you were aiming? How I wish there was a formula to follow that...
Something Parents in Pain Hate to Do
Something I hate to do is wait, especially when I'm waiting for something I want to have happen. I can wait for a long time with no problem at all for something I'm dreading: A...