The Mindstorm

Category: review

  • Book Review: January First

    It was Tim’s first birthday when we realized something wasn’t quite right.  We couldn’t put our finger on it, but sitting in a high chair, screaming at the group of friends and relatives surrounding him, terrified by the single candle on his cake, wrists and ankles turning frantically, we knew he was different.  It would be…

  • Book Review: Easy to Love but Hard to Raise

    I have a confession to make.  I’m not proud of it. When parents of children with mental illnesses I personally feel are less severe than Tim’s express how hard it is to raise their child, I sneer. It’s almost involuntary.  I feel like shouting, “Ha! I’ll trade you my kid for a month, then we’ll…