by Dena May 9, 2021
mental health , Motherhood Stories , parenting a teenager

Finding Courage: Mothering a Teenager with Mental Illness

Dear Readers, Do I have special Mother's Day Weekend gift for all of you! Mothering children, whether in our own family or beloved children in our circle, is not for the faint of heart. And for some of us, mothering takes us into the dark valleys with our children. My friend Kirsten has been through the valley with her youngest son and emerged out the other side. Today she shares some of ...

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Re-Entry After A Pandemic: How to Get Back Out There

Photo by Andrew Schultz on Unsplash I am going to a party today for the first time in over a year. It is a porch party where we will sit spaced out on an outside patio. But still. I will take a shower, put on pants that button, and drive to a friend's house to interact with people I haven't shared physical space with in quite some time. I have been excited about it for ...

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