I lost my mother to early onset Alzheimer’s disease when she was 59.
Today, I’m guest posting for my new friend (and For the Love launch team member) Stacey Philpot’s series, The Diagnosis Stories, at Chronically Whole: I don’t like telling people that I take an antidepressant every day, that without it I probably wouldn’t be able to do the things I do well, like take care of my…
I’m so honored to be guest posting today in my sweet new friend (and fellow Aggie and For the Love launch team member) Claire Mummert’s Living Bravely series at Radically Broken: I never thought I would write about my stepmother on a blog dedicated to my mother. To be honest, Karen and I got off on the wrong foot. I…
My mother left behind a legacy of depression. I inherited her struggles with mental health. I remember standing outside my mother’s walk-in closet, listening to her sob for what felt like an eternity, on multiple occasions during elementary school. My mother taught me to hide pain and tears behind closed doors. How I found my…
I struggle with contentment. I’m a perfectionist, firstborn, type A, always looking for something better, worried about the future, and a slave to my own expectations. The week of my mother’s death was much more difficult than I had anticipated. I was just sure that after years of watching my mother suffer and decline in…
Sometimes I wish I hadn’t made these silly shirts. But they’ve now raised over $132,000 for Central Texas flood victims. Being in the spotlight is a double-edged sword, and people can be downright competitive, greedy and dishonest when they see others succeed, even if that success is raising money for a charity. I’ve been dealing…
