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Women In My Corner
Last month I was honored with a special note of love when Adrienne, extraordinary mom and blogger at No Points For Style invited me into the Circle of Love at Kir’s Corner with this amazing blog post. This Christmas Eve I get the opportunity to pass on the love to another amazing woman who’s touched…
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What To Do Now?
Pain. It hurts. At this point you are probably thinking “duh”, but hear me out. I had to admit my son to an inpatient psychiatric hospital last Friday. There was no choice, really, he was a danger to himself and others. He was experiencing suicidal ideation, and he was kicking the crap out of me and his…
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My First Support For Special Needs Blog Post
….I know that I couldn’t be the advocate I need to be for my children without the non-judgmental support of these parents. I’ve even gotten to know some of the people I first met online in person. Having these men and women and these groups is the most valuable tool in my fight to keep…
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Parents of Children with Bipolar Disorder and Childhood Onset Schizophrenia Tell Common Stories
I’ll never forget the day my son’s therapist told me he needed to be hospitalized. He was 11 years old and had spent his entire life vacillating between extreme happiness and extreme rage. He heard voices and saw things no one else could. Pediatricians and neurologists and developmental specialists had told us he was autistic. …
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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 us in Chicago, so we haven’t had the ability to spend the holidays together in five years. My parents understand Tim’s condition well and do a great job of understanding how to handle his moods and idiosyncracies,…
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Tim’s Story – My Guest Blog on Our Journey Through Life
How do you explain when it began? I didn’t know at the time what was going on. But hindsight, as the saying goes, is 20/20. I often wonder if we’d not taken things our pediatrician said as gospel, not questioned a specialist who made a judgment call, pressed more for information, if we wouldn’t be…