Overcoming Adversity

Imagine you’re out to dinner with your family and strangers come up to sympathize with “how hard it must be” for your husband to care for the kids on his own. This is despite that fact that you’re the one who birthed them, and you’re an equally important and active part in their lives. Or imagine a stranger telling your spouse how it’s absolutely astounding that he hasn’t walked out on you yet due to your “problems.”

Domestic Violence is Prevalent One in every 3 women and 1 in every 4 men in the United States have been victims of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime. That's a sobering statistic, provided...

Like most of you, I’m constantly doing work to become a better person – as a mother, wife, employer… I believe there is a need to work on myself. I read self-help books, meditate, and listen to podcasts. Most...

I have a son.  I buy him clothes, I fix his meals, I teach him how to read and write and do math problems, I help him learn to ride a bike, I care for him when he is...

Please don’t pull that trigger, don’t, And please don’t hang a rope. Although what you’re facing now Is so far from a joke. Please don’t take those pills today, Go put away your knife, Your world is dark and gloomy, yes, But please don’t end your...

Hi, my name is Jenny, and I am a recovering worrier. More than half of my life has been spent deep in the pits of worry. I was the toddler who hated going to daycare because I was worried my...

Domestic violence and abuse.  If you are lucky, it has never touched you. And I say lucky, because it really can happen to anyone. You may be sitting there thinking: no, I would never get involved with someone who could treat...

I lead two different lives. So does my son.  I have a life with my son and a life without my son. And my son has a life at my house and a life at his dad’s house. His dad...

Imagine that you are a single mother with two kids who has lost her job and been evicted from her apartment. You have been staying with friends, but you have been asked to leave. You are homeless. Where do...

I have two kids.  My daughter is fifteen and currently prepping for her seventh move and sixth new school.  My son is ten and this will be his fifth move and his fourth new school.  These two are strong! ...