I’ve been sober from Phentermine for over 4 years. I even went on the Dr. Oz Show last January and talked about it. Additionally, I have not had so much as a sip of alcohol since February 26, 2017. My 4-year sober birthday is coming up soon. Those substances are…

When my now 9-year-old son was a baby, he cried incessantly. He didn’t sleep for more than an hour or two at a time, tops, for the first 7— SEVEN, dear reader— months of his life. I almost had a nervous breakdown. Quite frankly, my stubbornness is probably what saved…

Three days after we put the butcher knives out of reach because our son sort of halfway attempted to slash his wrists, I had my weekly therapy session. “How does that make you feel?” she asked, after I finished telling her where we are…

My son’s first attempt at suicide was in March, 2020. He was 11 years old. I haven’t written about it before now, and very few people even know that it happened. We kept it very quiet, mostly because he didn’t want anyone to know. It ate me up inside, and…

As a former screen-time worrier, it took a long time for me to be open to the fact that Minecraft was actually helping my sons calm down. — Today’s heat index in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a muggy 107 degrees. …