The psychiatrist we had been seeing sat across the room, his glasses not obscuring his expressive eyes, eyes that looked at me with baffled concern and puzzlement.  “You have both been... Read more >>

I’ve been married for close to twenty-five years to a wonderful man who would give you the shirt off his back. He’s extremely complicated and there are times I feel like I don’t even... Read more >>

I’m at a new phase in my life … after thirty-four years of marriage. When we live like strangers and there’s nothing between us, at least on my part, is it better to stay out of... Read more >>

This story contains mature or graphic content Life has not turned out as expected for me. As a child I was always in sports and did well in school. I had very loving and stable parents. I was... Read more >>

I am watching my friend recover. She’s struggling to turn around a lifelong habit of people pleasing. Her progress is painfully slow. Cara is the most wonderful, awe-inspiring, amazing woman... Read more >>

Separation anxiety is a normal reaction for children (and parents). Leaving the familiar faces of teachers and entering into a new environment can be difficult for anyone. Sometimes the pain of... Read more >>

We’ve all experienced at least one gut-wrenching separation from our child as we were leaving them at childcare to head off to work or leaving them with a babysitter to go out to dinner.... Read more >>

I cannot describe this feeling inside. Despair is much too strong, So is sadness. If anything, I am neither sad nor despairing. Am I unique, Or do others begin their day, Often as I, in a... Read more >>

So ladies, what is the ugliest seven-letter word in the English language? It’s a word that is so reviled that in her classic hit country tune, Tammy Wynette couldn’t even bring herself to... Read more >>

Why do so much chaos, confusion, and uncertainty exist in the world today? If you look at all of the crazy weather patterns, the on-going wars, the thousands of foreclosures, the crumbling economic... Read more >>