When Emma Johnson of Sieben Polk Law Firm reached out to share her firm's article on mental health and road rage, it brought to mind a few road experiences with my own loved ones. While my experiences were different from those examined by Sieben Polk Law, the cautionary tale remains the same. Road rage triggers can exacerbate stress into an everyday driving experience, causing irreparable damage. As a parent of an adult child with mental illness, I worry about how my daughter

The cold is most frigid inside hospitals. Sweaters and blankets be damned, there are viruses and bacteria to keep at bay. With all equal under their sun, humanity unites against the undefeated. Sickness and death tag team lobbies and waiting rooms. So we do our best to be kind. We hold elevators. Offer encouraging smiles. We find tolerance for the stranger lingering near the vending machine. We offer space for families to congregate and put their heads together. We try to un

Life does not exist in the used to be. The hopes of yesteryear persevere anyway. Used to be – Employed. Rested. Aspirational. Happy. Who have you become as a result of love and of caregiving? Let me guess, burnt the hell out? Tethered to the day-after-day of overwhelm? Maybe you have become the swimmer, towing family to safety by biting hold of the raft boat strings, striving for a shore yet to be seen. Sometimes we Caregivers bob in the ocean, searching each other, wondering

Loyal – faithful to a private person to whom faithfulness is due; faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution or product; unswerving...

Just a small portion of the rows of sunflowers at Gilcrease Orchard in Las Vegas

I should have simply enjoyed the moment :( Sharing two more less embarrassing snippets of footage from Superbowl 58 The recording artist...

I have learned that life does not exist in the used to be . I used to be a production assistant. Employed. Aspirational. Happy. Who I...

15 minutes of quiet in the suite entrance of the Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas.

Caregiver here (hand wave) with no idea November is National Caregivers Month. I care for my disabled mom and assist two family members...

No strings, no hoodies. No gum or food either. The rules at the behavioral hospital my daughter frequents are very much ingrained after...