By Alyce Kominetsky of One Word At A Time I have lived with anxiety for almost as long as I can remember. It lurked below the surface until one day, it reared its menacing force and never left. As a child, I didn’t understand. As a teenager, I was embarrassed. As […]
By Gina Sampaio of Sister Serendip For two decades I said, “I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.” And when I got to it, I wailed to myself, “How did I do this last time?” I don’t know! I was much younger and had the resiliency and naivety […]
By Britta Eberle of This Is Motherhood My newly four-year-old son is deeply entrenched in the “Why Stage.” For the past six months he has been constantly asking, “Why why why?” and it’s driving me crazy. Seriously. I think I’ve finally reached my breaking point. I thought I would be a […]
By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of My Life “Be careful.” “Be brave.” “Don’t worry.” “Don’t be scared.” I’ve lost count of the contradictory statements I relay to my daughter on a daily basis. [adsanity id=”35664″ align=”aligncenter”/] How do I raise fearless daughters when I’m a ball of anxiety? Images […]
By Jenny Jones of Life’s a Polyp Last year my pediatric GI doctor of over 20 years decided to push me out of the nest and transition me to an adult GI doctor. During my hospitalization I faired well with the change in doctors as my new doctor and I started […]
By Kathleen Gemmell She knew that she couldn’t continue on this way. Things had to change. Each day was a carbon copy of the one before, and it was killing her. “I’m going to die, “she thought as her rasping breathing found her collapsing onto the worn chair. Marsha cried […]
By Alyce Kominetsky of One Word at at Time Sometimes I think I speak a different language than my daughter. I swear I am saying one thing to her, but she clearly hears something completely different. Some days I feel I would have better luck talking to a wall. Also, it doesn’t talk […]
By Ghada Karam of Confidential Mommy Talks A decade ago when I graduated from college, I went through some of the interview questions that employers might ask me, and one of them caught my attention: Where do you see yourself five years from now? My first thought was, What kind […]