Pitiful?
I’ve heard and read a lot of accounts lately from parents and caregivers about other adults either giving unsolicited...
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Moving In To The Village
In August 1996, then First Lady Hillary Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It was the now...
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The Best Laid Plans…
This blog post is late. Four weeks late, to be exact. I had such great intentions at the beginning...
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Meds, Realizations, and Growing Up
You can also read this post on the CABF website. I spent part of last week at the NAMI...
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Alone in a Crowd
Image by OpenEye It’s been a long time since I’ve taken the train downtown with any regularity, but my job...
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Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Photo by Roman Skrada My son has been in residential treatment for two years this month. I can’t believe...
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Not Ready for Independence: the “Super Senior” Program
My son Tim turns 17 this summer, and I’m terrified. 17 means just one more year until the Government...
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The Dance: How and Why I Spoke Out Against Stigma
I firmly believe that sunlight sanitizes, that being open and honest about something that is widely misunderstood can bring...
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Ten Minutes for Mom
I called my doctor last Monday morning and got his answering machine. Most people who don’t have urgent care...
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Guest Blog for CABF: Letting Stuff Go
My parents were with us over the holidays. It was a nice time – they live in Arizona and...