There’s a wrong way and there’s The Write Way. The wrong way is to not do it at all, to allow the Inner Critic to silence your
Tag: depression
“THE TRAIN OF THOUGHTS”
At the time, my life was a train wreck. I was in the throes of wrestling with the grief of my son’s suicide, questioning my
“AN (UN)EASY SOLUTION”
I remember the call from my son’s therapist. Julian had recently turned 19, and had been in residential psychiatric treatment for a month. His therapist
“COMING OF AGE”
AUTHOR’S NOTE: When a child with mental illness comes of age, from a parent’s point of view, all bets are off. If your now “adult”
“THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD”
[Author’s Note: At my son’s memorial service, his friend Nadine (not her real name) told the story of how Julian once took a homeless man
“DIARY OF A MOTHER IN POSTPARTUM HELL”
[Author’s Note: I experienced horrible postpartum depression during Julian’s first months of life and my first months as a mother. No one can say for
“NO WORDS”
There are words for those whose spouses die: “widows” and “widowers.” There is a word for children, even adult children, whose parents die: “orphans.” Although
