Mothering with Bipolar Disorder
You can’t see my bipolar disorder, but sometimes I wish you could. I’m mothering with an invisible mental illness.
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The Mark of the Lion
I am reminded again and again of my grotesque scars. The more I try to be strong, the more the wounds seep. And yet, God can use my weakness–my failing–to save me and my beloved.
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What You Can Know for Sure About Loss, Joy, and Leprechauns
How has this day turned happy? I wonder to myself. How have all the tears I’ve cried added up to joy and leprechauns?
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Bipolar Mom, You’re a Super Mom
Bipolar moms are superheroes. I know we don’t look like it, usually. We’re dressed as ordinary moms, wearing our yoga pants at pick up and our baseball caps at little league games. That’s what you see on the outside. That’s how we blend in. But if you could see the battle we’re fighting each and
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For the Mom Wrestling with Suicide
Mama, please listen to me: you are worth saving. You are worth fighting for. Your family is worth fighting for, and they need you to be well so they can be well. So, friend, if you are considering suicide, if you think your family might just be better off without you, this post is for you.
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For Every New, Scared-to-Death Heart Parent: Welcome to Heartland
Dear scared out of your mind parent, Did you just come from the doctor’s office, fresh from the dark ultra sound room, with that cute little black and white picture in one hand? Did you look at your partner with the most broken, bleeding feeling you’ve ever experienced gushing out of you while trying to
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